auger

Plural: augers

Noun

A tool with a spiral point for boring holes.
a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes
hand tool for boring holes
A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.

Verb

To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
To proceed in the manner of an auger.
To daydream.

Examples

His vocabulary seemed to auger a hole right through my defense.

Origin / Etymology

From a rebracketing of Middle English a nauger (seen as an + auger), from Old English nafugār (“nave drill”, literally “nave spear”), from Proto-West Germanic *nabugaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz. Cognate with Dutch avegaar.

Synonyms

gimlet, plumber's snake, screw auger, wimble

Scrabble Score: 6

auger: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
auger: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
auger: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

auger: valid Words With Friends Word