gimlet

verb

Definition of gimletnext
as in to pike

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Recent Examples of gimlet Louisa Catherine Adams, John Quincy Adams’s wife, had gimlet eyes, a satirist’s wit, and a sharp pencil. — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2016 See All Example Sentences for gimlet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gimlet
  1. pike
  2. perforate
  3. bayonet
  4. quill
  5. riddle
  6. prong
  7. poke
  8. punch
Verb
  • This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Don't let your hips drop or pike up; pull your belly button up toward your spine and push the floor away from you with your hands.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health, 3 Sep. 2023
Definition of pike
Verb
  • Grater-style zesters employ the same principle as a standard food or cheese grater and sport a longer metal shaft perforated with numerous small holes.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
  • To remove anything securing the cardboard together, either use a sharp tool, such as a box cutter, to carefully perforate the tape at the edges, or use a flathead screwdriver to pop out staples.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of perforate
Verb
  • There were injuries this time, with some students bayoneted for not retreating.
    — Paula Schleis, cincinnati.com, 2 May 2020
  • And anyway, always better to be bitten by a stingray than bayoneted.
    — Erik Heinrich, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018
Definition of bayonet
Verb
  • Then Kekere-Ekun will quill piece by piece using colored paper, ribbons and parts of canvases before it's eventually completed.
    — CNN, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Visitors can view a variety of media including textiles—such as Navajo artist D.Y. Begay’s Southwest landscape painting on wool—beadwork, sculpture, photography, film and even clothing attire such as beaded and quilled Louboutin shoes.
    — Lily Katzman, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2020
Definition of quill
Verb
  • The band’s two decade career is especially notable in a scene riddled with band break-ups and indefinite hiatuses.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2025
  • However, the site has been riddled with inaccuracies.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of riddle
Verb
  • The chat reportedly suggested the members had strong ties to the police force, which then brought police corruption into the multi-pronged scandal.
    — Caitlin Kelley, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2019
  • Apparently, there's now a new twist on the classic shape, looking a little more modern with an oval center stone and spiky pronged diamonds surrounding it.
    — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 2 Aug. 2019
Definition of prong
Verb
  • Antetokounmpo poked the ball away from Nembhard briefly and a scramble ensued, but the Pacers came up with the ball.
    — Eric Nehm, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Underneath, a dress in a nearly identical shade poked through slightly, and the actress paired her all-gray attire with black pumps and a matching purse — plus her signature blonde bob, of course.
    — Bailey Richards, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Definition of poke
Verb
  • My job involved taking a frying pan cover off a conveyor belt, using a press to punch a hole, attaching a fly wheel and returning the finished product to the conveyor belt.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Inside the courtroom, supporters of For Women Scotland cheered, punched the air, hugged and cried.
    — Lauren Frayer, NPR, 16 Apr. 2025
Definition of punch

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