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gimlet definition

gim·let (gim′lit)

noun

  1. a small boring tool with a handle at right angles to a shaft having at the other end a spiral, pointed cutting edge
  2. a cocktail made of sweetened lime juice, gin or vodka, and sometimes soda

Etymology: ME < OFr guimbelet, altered (with dim. suffix -et) < wimbelquin < MDu wimmelkijn < wimmel, wimble + dim. suffix -kijn, -kin

transitive verb

to make a hole in with or as with a gimlet

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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