gimlet
noun
a small tool for boring holes, consisting of a shaft with a pointed screw at one end and a handle perpendicular to the shaft at the other.
gimleting
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present participleof gimlet.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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“Can’t seem to find out,” admitted the landlord, and the young man bestowed on Brophy an expansive grin which was a comment on the latter’s well-known penchant for gimleting in search of information.
From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Holman Day
"You said twice, she was nice," put in old man Adams, his bleary, red rimmed ferret eyes gimleting at the stage driver.
From Six Feet Four by Jackson Gregory
Son," he exclaimed, gimleting Wilbur with his contracted eyes; "I have reemarked as how you had brains.
From Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris
What's the old man up to, gimleting me in the eye like that?
From Out of the Ashes by Ethel Watts Mumford
The baroness dictated the letter slowly, with an eye gimleting her daughter all the time.
From White Lies by Charles Reade
