Gimlet Definition
gĭmlĭt
gimlets
noun
gimlets
A small boring tool with a handle at right angles to a shaft having at the other end a spiral, pointed cutting edge.
Webster's New World
A cocktail made of sweetened lime juice, gin or vodka, and sometimes soda.
Webster's New World
verb
To make a hole in with or as with a gimlet.
Webster's New World
adjective
Having a penetrating or piercing quality.
Gimlet eyes.
American Heritage
Origin of Gimlet
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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, compare the Scandinavian wammie, to bore or twist; the modern French is gibelet.
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Anglo-Norman guimbelet perhaps from Middle Dutch wimmelkijn diminutive of wimmel auger
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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