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bradawl
English
Etymology
brad +? awl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?æd??l/
Noun
bradawl (plural bradawls)
- An awl with a blade similar to a small, straight screwdriver; used for making holes, especially in wood to take screws.
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gimlet
English
Etymology
From the Old French guinbelet, guimbelet, later guibelet, probably a diminutive of the Anglo-French wimble, a variation of guimble (“drill”), from the Middle Low German wiemel, compare the Scandinavian wammie, to bore or twist; the modern French is gibelet.
Cocktail either named after the tool, in reference to its penetrating effects, or British Navy surgeon Gimlette.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /???m.l?t/
Noun
gimlet (plural gimlets)
- A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.
- Coordinate terms: auger, awl, drill
- A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice.
- Coordinate term: martini
- 2001, General Hospital (TV soap opera, August 28):
- Yeah, a piece of advice — once you’re back in circulation, don’t keep topping off a lady’s vodka gimlet when she’s not looking.
- 2012, Stuart Woods, Unnatural Acts: A Stone Barrington Novel, Penguin (?ISBN), page 98:
- By seven, dinner was under way, and a bottle of vodka gimlets and one of martinis were in the freezer, chilling.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
gimlet (third-person singular simple present gimlets, present participle gimleting or gimletting, simple past and past participle gimleted or gimletted)
- To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet).
- (nautical, transitive) To turn round (an anchor) as if turning a gimlet.
Translations
Further reading
- gimlet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
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