gimlet

verb

Definition of gimletnext
as in to pike

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gimlet
  1. perforate
  2. bayonet
  3. quill
  4. riddle
  5. prong
  6. poke
  7. punch
  8. prick
Verb
  • This condition occurs when an untreated ulcer perforates the lining of the bowel, creating an opening to another area of the body, Melmed explains.
    Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Those talons are going to perforate a colon with a swiftness, and no one wants to go to the emergency room with a gel tip stuck in the rectum.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 July 2024
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
  • Walls and nearby buildings were riddled with bullet holes, signaling fights between police and gangs.
    Pierre Luxama, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Then there is the business of riddling—slowly turning the bottle at a precise angle over time to nudge the dead yeast into the bottle neck to be expelled (this in itself is yet another process, not to mention the addition of a final dosage).
    Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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
  • Much of Lame's content pokes fun at life hacks, which, in his view, are baloney.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
  • In a video Bunnie XO posted to Instagram on Christmas Day, the couple playfully pokes fun at Bunnie XO’s seeming lack of baking skills.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of poke
Verb
  • The jacket can be seen in pivotal scene where Dylan’s character Billy Parker punches Rupert Everett’s character James Holt.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The transfer free-agent market helped other programs punch back.
    Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of punch
Verb
  • The previous night, Audra McDonald hugged her during a scene and one of the many bobby pins in Woods’s wig pricked her head, making her bleed.
    Dina Litovsky, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The first lancet pricked my skin with alarming precision.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of prick
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