Definitions for wimble
ˈwɪm bəlwim·ble

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimblenoun

   hand tool for boring holes

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wimblenoun

   Any of various hand tools for boring holes.

2. wimbleverb

   To truss hay with a wimble.

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

1. Wimbleadjective

   Active; nimble; shifting to and fro. Such seems to be the meaning here.

   He was so wimble and so wight,
   From bough to bough he leaped light,
   And oft the pumies latched:
   Therewith afraid I ran away;
   But he that earst seem’d but to play,
   A shaft in earnest snatched. Edmund Spenser.

2. Wimblenoun

   An instrument with which holes are bored.

   Etymology: wimpel, old Dutch, from wemelen, to bore.

   At harvest-home, trembling to approach
   The little barrel, which he fears to broach:
   He ’says the wimble, often draws it back,
   And deals to thirsty servants but a smack. Dryd.

   As when a shipwright stands his workmen o’er,
   Who plye the wimble some huge beam to bore;
   Urg’d on all hands it nimbly spins about,
   The grain deep-piercing till it scoops it out. Alexander Pope.

   The trepan is like a wimble, used by joiners. Samuel Sharp.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wimble

   A gimlet is a hand tool for drilling small holes, mainly in wood, without splitting. It was defined in Joseph Gwilt's Architecture (1859) 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 and 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 farther 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'). Modern French uses the term vrille, also the French for "tendril".

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1. wimble

   A wimble is a hand tool, similar to a drill, used for boring holes in materials such as wood. It typically consists of a sharp pointed object mounted on a handle which is rotated to cut into the material.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wimblenoun

   an instrument for boring holes, turned by a handle

2. Wimblenoun

   a gimlet

3. Wimblenoun

   a stonecutter's brace for boring holes in stone

4. Wimblenoun

   an auger used for boring in earth

5. Wimbleverb

   to bore or pierce, as with a wimble

6. Wimbleadjective

   active; nimble

7. Etymology: [OE. wimbil; akin to Dan. vimmel, OD. wemelen to bore. Cf. Gimlet.]

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

1. Wimble

   wim′bl, n. an instrument for boring holes, turned by a handle.—v.t. to bore through with such. [Scand., Dan. vimmel, auger; conn. with Old Dut. weme, a wimble, and wemelen, to whirl.]

2. Wimble

   wim′bl, adj. (Spens.) active, nimble. [Sw. vimmel, giddy—vima, to be giddy; allied to whim.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wimble

   The borer of a carpenter's centre-bit.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WIMBLE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wimble is ranked #93513 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Wimble surname appeared 196 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Wimble.
   
   95.9% or 188 total occurrences were White.

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1. • Drill

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wimble in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wimble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=wimble
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wimble
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=wimble
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimble
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wimble
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=wimble
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=wimble
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html