Meaning Of The Word Gimlet
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Gimlet Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Gimlet?
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If you say that someone has gimlet eyes, you mean that they look at people or things very carefully, and seem to notice every detail. gimlet in American English a small boring tool with a handle at right angles to a shaft having at the other end a spiral, pointed cutting edge to make a hole in with or as with a gimlet adjective: able to penetrate or bore through noun: 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 transitive verb: to pierce with or as if with a gimlet gimlet in British English adjective: penetrating; piercing (esp in the phrase gimlet-eyed) noun: a small hand tool consisting of a pointed spiral tip attached at right angles to a handle, used for boring small holes in wood verb: to make holes in (wood) using a gimlet |
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