gimlet
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gimlet
- /ˈɡɪm.lət/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ɪmlət
Where it comes from
From Middle English gimlet etc., from Old French guinbelet, guimbelet, guibelet, probably a diminutive of the Anglo-Norman wimble, a variation of guimble (“drill”), from the Middle Low German wiemel; continued in Modern French as gibelet.
Cocktail either named after the tool, in reference to its penetrating effects, or British Navy surgeon Thomas Gimlette (1857–1943).
noun gimlets
- 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.
- A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice. We sat in a corner of the bar at Victor's and drank gimlets. “They don't know how to make them here,” he said. “What they call a gimlet is just some lime or lemon juice and gin with a dash of sugar and bitters. A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's Lime Juice and nothing else. It beats martinis
verb gimlets · gimleting · gimletting · gimleted · gimletted
- 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.
- To turn round (an anchor) as if turning a gimlet.
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noun tool
| Español | barrena de mano |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 송곳 songgot |
| 日本語 | 錐 kiri |
| Português | verruma, broca, trado |
| Français | vrille |
| Deutsch | Ahle |
| Italiano | succhiello |
| Русский | бура́вчик burávčik |
verb To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet)
| Português | verrumar |
|---|---|
| Français | vriller |
| Italiano | succhiellare |
| Русский | буравить buravitʹ |
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