- gimlet⇄gimlet (1), noun, verb, -leted,-letingor (especially British)-letted,-letting.
- gimlet⇄gimlet (2), noun.
a cocktail of gin or vodka with sweetened lime juice. - gimlet⇄noun a small tool with a screw point for boring holes.
- gimlet⇄v.t. 1. to pierce with or as if with a gimlet.
Ex. He had dark, piercing black eyes that simply gimleted you.
2. to turn around like a gimlet.