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Meanings of
gimlet
in English
Portuguese
trado
Spanish
barreno
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Hand tool for boring holes.
auger
wimble
screw auger
Portuguese
trado
Usage of
gimlet
in English
1
And truly it did surprise me, for no wine followed the
gimlet
.
2
But he felt the judge's
gimlet
eyes boring holes in his back.
3
Under my
gimlet
gaze Chrysosto edged his skinny pins behind a table.
4
Pelton quailed under that gaze which bored into him like a
gimlet
.
5
His heavy brows depressed, and his deep-set eyes narrowed to
gimlet
holes.
6
They got their drinks, and Jason slid his
gimlet
over to her.
7
Murphy gave me a
gimlet
glance, and turned back to the guard.
8
I looked up at Caine with a
gimlet
eye, my teeth bared.
9
She evidently had in mind the typical old maid with
gimlet
ringlets!
10
The theatre manager whispers into his walkie-talkie,
gimlet
eyes scanning the foyer.
11
What folly to be hankering after our neighbor's chalk line and
gimlet
!
12
Behold its elegant, threaded body, tapering to a sharp
gimlet
point.
13
Another pause ensued during which the
gimlet
eyes of the professor were busy.
14
With the
gimlet
holes were made a couple of feet above the water.
15
Aria asked for pinot noir-shethought it seemed sophisticated-andJason ordered a
gimlet
.
16
She folds her arms and watches the woman's waddling progress,
gimlet
-
eyed
.
Other examples for "gimlet"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
gimlet
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
gimlet eyes
large gimlet
little gimlet
cast a gimlet
gimlet holes
More collocations
Translations for
gimlet
Portuguese
trado
Spanish
barreno
berbiquí
taladro
barrena
Gimlet
through the time
Gimlet
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common