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n. A small hand tool having a spiraled shank, a screw tip, and a cross handle and used for boring holes.

n. A cocktail made with vodka or gin, sweetened lime juice, and sometimes effervescent water and garnished with a slice of lime.

v. To penetrate with or as if with a gimlet.

adj. Having a penetrating or piercing quality: gimlet eyes.

n. A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.

n. A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice.

v. To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet).

n. A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle.

v. To pierce or make with a gimlet.

v. To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.

n. A small instrument with a pointed screw at the end, for boring holes in wood by turning it with one hand.

To use or apply a gimlet upon; form a hole in by using a gimlet; turn round, as one does a gimlet.

n. a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice

n. hand tool for boring holes

"Sator: I'm more a martini guy myself, but that gimlet is in the top five."

gimleted    gimleting    gimlets   

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to gimlet the anchor   

gimleted    gimleting    gimlety    gimlet-eyed   

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