Sunday, September 23, 2007

Word of the Week

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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