gimlet

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

gimlets

1.
A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.
2.
A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice.
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.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

gimlets

V_ing/Gerund

gimleting

V_ed/pp

gimlettinggimleted

1.
To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet).
2.
(transitive)(nautical, transitive) To turn round (an anchor) as if turning a gimlet.

Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English gimlet etc., from Old French guinbelet, guimbelet, guibelet, probably a diminutive of the wimble, a variation of guimble (drill), from the wiemel; continued in Modern French as gibelet.