Gimlet
Source: Time Magazine (current issue)
How it was used: "...artiests from Brussels, chefs from Rome, legions of gimlet-eyed businessmen from Taipei..."
Definition:
n.
A small hand tool having a spiraled shank, a screw tip, and a cross handle and used for boring holes.
A cocktail made with vodka or gin, sweetened lime juice, and sometimes effervescent water and garnished with a slice of lime.
tr.v. gim·let·ed, gim·let·ing, gim·lets
To penetrate with or as if with a gimlet.
adj. Having a penetrating or piercing quality: gimlet eyes.
My sentence: His loud whistle was gimletting through the sky.
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