Sekirov Dictionary

gimlet

/ˈɡɪm.lət/

noun 2
verb 2
forms 5

noun2

•
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. — 1726
•
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. — 2001

verb2

•
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. — 1904
To turn round (an anchor) as if turning a gimlet.

forms

gimleted · gimletted · gimleting · gimletting · gimlets

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