auger
noun
- drilling device or bit
verb
No English definition recorded for this entry.
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Pronunciation: /oʊˈʒeɪ/ / /ˈɔːʒɚ/ / /ˈaʊd͡ʒɚ/ / /ˈɔː.ɡə(ɹ)/ / /ˈɔ.ɡɚ/ / /ˈɑ.ɡɚ/
name
Etymology: * As a French surname, borrowed from French Auger. * As a German surname, a variant of Auer, with the -g- said to reflect a West Frisian influence. * As an English surname, variant of Alger.
- A surname from French.
noun
Etymology: From a rebracketing of Middle English a nauger (seen as an + auger), from Old English nafugār (“nave drill”, literally “nave spear”), from Proto-West Germanic *nabugaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz. Cognate with Dutch avegaar.
- A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
“Pete Burnett needs a fan belt for his auger.”
- A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
- A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
- A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.
verb
Etymology: From a rebracketing of Middle English a nauger (seen as an + auger), from Old English nafugār (“nave drill”, literally “nave spear”), from Proto-West Germanic *nabugaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz. Cognate with Dutch avegaar.
- To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
- To proceed in the manner of an auger.
“It augered into the water and vanishedunder the surface only to float up again, its keel pointing skyward.”
“There was no way to measure progress inside the sphere, to know whether it spun or leapt or wobbled like a top as it augered through the years.”
- To daydream.