gimlet

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.

   “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. isim 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.”

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

   “Then there was an awful silence. The lady gimleted us again one by one with her blue eyes.”

4. fiil To turn round (an anchor) as if turning a gimlet.