gimlets

Vodka with lime

A gimlet is a small hand tool for boring holes, with a screw tip and a T-shaped handle you twist with your palm.

The cocktail gimlet—gin or vodka with lime juice—takes its name from the tool's sharp, penetrating quality.

Gimlet eyes are similarly piercing: She fixed him with a gimlet stare.

cocktail

gin

Cotton-cleaning machine

martini · shaken · stirred · chilled · glassware · coupe · mixology · bartender · sour · refreshing

tool

auger

Spiral hole-maker

  • borerTunneling tool or insect
  • drillHole-boring device
  • bitSmall amount or portion

brace · handtool · woodwork · carpenter · joinery · boring · pierce · puncture · hole · shank

Opposites
tool function

gimletsplugs

Things that block openings

fillers · wood putty · dowels · corks · bungs

cocktail character

gimletsWhite Russians

Coffee-flavored creamy cocktails

tiki drinks

tool function/action

gimletsplugs

Things that block openings

putty knives · caulking guns · nail pullers · extractors · sealants

Family

gimlet, gimlet-eyed

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G