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Definitions for Gimlet

[1] a small tool for boring holes, consisting of a shaft with a pointed screw at one end and a handle perpendicular to the shaft at the other.
[2] a cocktail made with gin or vodka, sweetened lime juice, and sometimes soda water.
[3] to pierce with or as if with a gimlet.
[4] Also gim·blet [gim -blit] /ˈgɪm blɪt/ . Nautical . to rotate (a suspended anchor) to a desired position.
[5] able to penetrate or bore through.
[6] a small hand tool consisting of a pointed spiral tip attached at right angles to a handle, used for boring small holes in wood
[7] US a cocktail consisting of half gin or vodka and half lime juice
[8] a eucalyptus of W Australia having a twisted bole
[9] (tr) to make holes in (wood) using a gimlet
[10] penetrating; piercing (esp in the phrase gimlet-eyed )

Words related to Gimlet

grill, tool, borer, auger, punch, implement, bit, trephine, trepan, riveter, awl, wimble, corkscrew, jackhammer, dibble, countersink

Words nearby Gimlet

gimbals, gimbel, gimcrack, gimcrackery, gimel, gimlet, gimlet eye, gimmal, gimme, gimme cap, gimmick

Origin of Gimlet

1375–1425; late Middle English < Old French guimbelet < Germanic; compare Middle Dutch wimmel wimble

Other words from Gimlet

gim·let·y , adjective

Word origin for Gimlet

C15: from Old French guimbelet, of Germanic origin, see wimble

Synonyms for Gimlet

borer, grill, tool