gimlet
noun/ˈɡɪm.lət/US
Etymology
From Middle English gimlet etc., from Old French guinbelet, guimbelet, guibelet, probably a diminutive of the Anglo-Norman wimble, a variation of guimble (“drill”), from the Middle Low German wiemel; continued in Modern French as gibelet. Cocktail either named after the tool, in reference to its penetrating effects, or British Navy surgeon Thomas Gimlette (1857–1943).
Definitions
A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.
- The box was close on every side, with a little door for me to go in and out, and a few gimlet holes to let in air.
- I would find by the edge of that water / The collar-bone of a hare / Worn thin by the lapping of water, / And pierce it through with a gimlet and stare [...]
A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice.
- Yeah, a piece of advice — once you’re back in circulation, don’t keep topping off a lady’s vodka gimlet when she’s not looking.
- By seven, dinner was under way, and a bottle of vodka gimlets and one of martinis were in the freezer, chilling.
To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet).
- Then there was an awful silence. The lady gimleted us again one by one with her blue eyes.
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To turn round (an anchor) as if turning a gimlet.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for gimlet. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA