gimlet
Meanings
Plural: gimlets
Noun
- a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice
- hand tool for boring holes
- A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.
- A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice.
Verb
- To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet).
- To turn round (an anchor) as if turning a gimlet.
Origin / Etymology
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 New French as gibelet.
Cocktail either named after the tool, in reference to its penetrating effects, or British Navy surgeon Thomas Gimlette (1857–1943).
Scrabble Score: 9
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Words With Friends Score: 12
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