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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice
2: hand tool for boring holes [syn: auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French guimbelet, from Middle French (Picard), modification of Middle Dutch wimmelkijn, from wimmel wimble Date: 14th century a small tool with a screw point, grooved shank, and cross handle for boring holes II. adjective Date: 1752 having a piercing or penetrating quality III. transitive verb Date: 1840 to pierce as if with a gimlet IV. noun Etymology: probably from ¹gimlet Date: 1928 a drink consisting of sweetened lime juice and gin or vodka and sometimes carbonated or plain water

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a small tool with a screw-tip for boring holes. 2 a cocktail usu. of gin and lime-juice. Phrases and idioms: gimlet eye an eye with a piercing glance. Etymology: ME f. OF guimbelet, dimin. of guimble

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gimlet Gim"let, n. [Also written and pronounced gimbled] [OF. guimbelet, guibelet, F. gibelet, prob. fr. OD. wimpel, weme, a bore, wemelen to bore, to wimble. See Wimble, n.] A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle. Gimlet eye, a squint-eye. [Colloq.] --Wright.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gimlet Gim"let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gimleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gimleting.] 1. To pierce or make with a gimlet. 2. (Naut.) To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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. (WRITTEN) 'Have you read the whole book?' she asks, gimlet-eyed. ADJ: ADJ n