Usually means: Cocktail made with gin, lime.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word gimlet:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. gimlet: Merriam-Webster
  2. gimlet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gimlet: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gimlet: Vocabulary.com
  5. Gimlet, gimlet: Wordnik
  6. gimlet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. gimlet: Wiktionary
  8. gimlet: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. gimlet: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. gimlet: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Gimlet, gimlet: Dictionary.com
  12. gimlet: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Gimlet (cocktail), Gimlet (rocket), Gimlet (tool), Gimlet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Gimlet: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. gimlet: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. gimlet: Rhymezone
  17. Gimlet: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. gimlet: FreeDictionary.org
  19. gimlet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Gimlet: The Word Detective
  21. gimlet: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. gimlet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  23. gimlet: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gimlet: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. GIMLET: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gimlet: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.
▸ noun:  A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice.
▸ verb:  To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet).
▸ verb:  (nautical, transitive) To turn round (an anchor) as if turning a gimlet.

Similar:
wimble, auger, screw auger, socket, piercel, hand drill, aiguille, pilot hole, drillhole, gurlet, more...

Opposite:
blunt, dull, rounded, unpointed, obtuse

Types:
Moscow mule, Tom Collins, Gin and Tonic, Gin Fizz, more...

Phrases:
gimlet eye, gimlet eyes, gimlet eyed, gimlet bit, Gimlet Media, more...

Adjectives:
large, small, old, little, long, sharp, third, big, fiery, huge, bright

Colors:
    lime,     chartreuse,     olive,     mint,     pistachio, more...
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Similar:
wimble, auger, screw auger, socket, piercel, hand drill, aiguille, pilot hole, drillhole, gurlet, more...

Opposite:
blunt, dull, rounded, unpointed, obtuse

Types:
Moscow mule, Tom Collins, Gin and Tonic, Gin Fizz, more...

Phrases:
gimlet eye, gimlet eyes, gimlet eyed, gimlet bit, Gimlet Media, gimlet ingredient, more...

Adjectives:
large, small, old, little, long, sharp, third, big, fiery, huge, bright

Colors:
    lime,     chartreuse,     olive,     mint,     pistachio, more...



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