Illustration of gimlet
: a small tool with a screw point, grooved shank, and cross handle for boring holes
: having a piercing or penetrating quality
: a drink consisting of sweetened lime juice and gin or vodka and sometimes carbonated or plain water
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Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Her 17-year-old daughter, Serena (Marsai Martin), has managed to sneak out of the White House to go clubbing, somehow eluding the gimlet eye of the Secret Service.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2016
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Noun
No detail is too small for Caro’s gimlet eye, which is currently trained on finishing Volume 5.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Her 17-year-old daughter, Serena (Marsai Martin), has managed to sneak out of the White House to go clubbing, somehow eluding the gimlet eye of the Secret Service.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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
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“Gimlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gimlet. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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