# gimlet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡɪm.lət/ · frequency rank #74,990

## Definitions
1. A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.
2. A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice.

## 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).

## Source
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Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gimlet