Definitions for gimlet
ˈgɪm lɪtgim·let

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gimletnoun

   a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice

2. auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimblenoun

   hand tool for boring holes

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. gimletnoun

   A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.

2. gimletnoun

   A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice.

3. gimletverb

   To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gimletnoun

   A borer with a screw at its point.

   Etymology: gibelet, guimbelet, French.

   The gimlet hath a worm at the end of its bit. Joseph Moxon.

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1. gimlet

   A gimlet is a small hand tool used for drilling or boring holes, typically in wood, consisting of a handle attached to a highly tapered screw-like shaft. It is also a cocktail, made of gin (or sometimes vodka) and lime juice.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Gimletnoun

   a small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle

2. Gimletverb

   to pierce or make with a gimlet

3. Gimletverb

   to turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet

4. Etymology: [OF. guimbelet, guibelet, F. gibelet, prob. fr. OD. wimpel, weme, a bore, wemelen to bore, to wimble. See Wimble, n.]

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1. Gimlet

   A gimlet is a hand tool for drilling small holes, mainly in wood, without splitting. It was defined in Joseph Gwilt's Architecture as "a piece of steel of a semi-cylindrical form, hollow on one side, having a cross handle at one end and a worm or screw at the other". A gimlet is always a small tool. A similar tool of larger size is called an auger. The cutting action of the gimlet is slightly different from an auger, however, as the end of the screw, and so the initial hole it makes, is smaller; the cutting edges pare away the wood which is moved out by the spiral sides, falling out through the entry hole. This also pulls the gimlet further into the hole as it is turned; unlike a bradawl, pressure is not required once the tip has been drawn in. The name "gimlet" comes from the Old French guinbelet, guimbelet, later guibelet, probably a diminutive of the Anglo-French "wimble", a variation of "guimble", from the Middle Low German wiemel, cf. the Scandinavian wammie, to bore or twist; the modern French is gibelet.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gimlet

   gim′let, n. a small tool for boring holes by turning it with the hand.—v.t. to pierce with a gimlet: (naut.) to turn round (an anchor) as if turning a gimlet.—adj. Gim′let-eyed, very sharp-sighted. [O. Fr. gimbelet, from Teut.; cf. Eng. wimble.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gimlet in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gimlet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of gimlet in a Sentence

1. Nick Lowe:

   It was a real gimlet-eyed, 'OK, next' (operation).

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gimlet
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gimlet
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=gimlet
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gimlet
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=gimlet
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=gimlet