gimlet

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

Verb Forms: gimleted, gimleting, gimlets

To pierce with a boring tool.
To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet).
To turn round (an anchor) as if turning a gimlet.

Examples

He tried to GIMLET a space for his ’Q’ but couldn’t find a spot on the Words With Friends board.

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).

Synonyms

auger, screw auger, wimble

Scrabble Score: 9

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

Words With Friends Score: 12

gimlet: valid Words With Friends Word