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auger¹

  • /ˈɔː.ɡə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈɔ.ɡɚ/ US
  • /ˈɑ.ɡɚ/ cot caught merger

Sounds like augur · Rhymes with -ɔːɡə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From a rebracketing of Middle English a nauger (seen as an + auger), from Old English nafugār (“nave drill”, literally “nave spear”), from Proto-West Germanic *nabugaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz. Cognate with Dutch avegaar.

noun augers · augre

  1. A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet. Pete Burnett needs a fan belt for his auger.
  2. A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
  3. A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
  4. A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.

verb augers · augering · augered · augre

  1. To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
  2. To proceed in the manner of an auger. It augered into the water and vanishedunder the surface only to float up again, its keel pointing skyward.
  3. uncommon To daydream.

Auger²

  • /oʊˈʒeɪ/
  • /ˈɔːʒɚ/
  • /ˈaʊd͡ʒɚ/

Where it comes from

* As a French surname, borrowed from French Auger.

* As a German surname, a variant of Auer, with the -g- said to reflect a West Frisian influence.

* As an English surname, variant of Alger.

proper noun Augers

  1. A surname from French.

Translations

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noun carpenter's tool

Españolbarrena, barreno, taladrador, taladro, berbiquí
中文螺絲鑚 /螺丝鑚, 螺旋鑽 /螺旋钻
Portuguêstrado, verrumão
Françaistarière, tarière à trépan
DeutschHolzbohrer
Italianosucchiello, menarola
Русскийбур bur, бура́в buráv, сверло́ sverló

noun hollow drill used to take core samples of soil

Españolbarrena
DeutschErdbohrer

verb drill holes using an auger

Españoltaladrar, barrenar
Italianoverrinare

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FrançaisAuger

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"auger." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/auger. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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auger. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/auger

Chicago

"auger." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/auger.

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@misc{auger_2026,
  title = {auger},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/auger},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}