GIMLET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gimlet mean? 

• GIMLET (noun)
  The noun GIMLET has 2 senses:

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

2. hand tool for boring holes

  Familiarity information: GIMLET used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIMLET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("gimlet" is a kind of...):

cocktail (a short mixed drink)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hand tool for boring holes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

auger; gimlet; screw auger; wimble

Hypernyms ("gimlet" is a kind of...):

drill (a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows))

 Context examples 

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.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)