English

Pronunciation

Noun

1. a small screw-tipped tool for boring holes
   • 1726, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels

     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.

2. a cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice
   • 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.

Derived terms

• gimlet-eyed
• gimlety

Translations

Verb

1. To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet).

• Gimlet (cocktail)
• Gimlet (tool)
• 9K310 Igla-1, a surface-to-air missile with NATO reporting name SA-16 Gimlet
• Gimlet, Mr (cartoon character)
• Gimlet, a tool for boring holes

• E. salubris, commonly known as Gimlet, Gimlet Gum or Silver-topped Gimlet
• E. campaspe, commonly known as Silver Gimlet or Silver-topped Gimlet
• E. diptera, commonly known as Bastard Gimlet, False Gimlet or Two-winged Gimlet
• E. effusa, commonly known as Rough-barked Gimlet
• E. spathulata, commonly known as Narrow-leaved Gimlet or Swamp Gimlet