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
  • However, their legacy system, developed over a decade ago, was riddled with technical debt.
    Shyam Alok, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Federal data provided via a public records request was riddled with errors.
    Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 5 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
  • This cute sweatshirt pokes fun at the sport’s quirky name with a watercolor print of two pickles playing pickleball.
    Cai Cramer, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Cleavage forming, hormones erupting, hair poking through in what feels like strange places and wanting to dance on the peripherals of sexiness.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of poke
Verb
  • However, Masvidal notoriously punched Edwards backstage at an event in London in 2019.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The top speed of 218 mph went untested, but if the speedometer on one example taped on the autobahn is to believed, the LaFerrari can actually punch its way all the way to 231 mph.
    Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of punch
Verb
  • Orthodox and Conservative Jews require converts to immerse themselves in a mikvah, a ritual bath, and expect male converts to undergo circumcision or, if they are already circumcised, to be pricked to draw a ritual drop of blood.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The alternative is finger-stick testing, pricking fingertips to draw drops of blood to check glucose levels, often multiple times a day.
    Meg Tirrell, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of prick
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