wimble

ˈwɪmbəl

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Definition of wimble - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

tools

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hand tool for boring holes

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He used a wimble to drill a hole in the wood..

auger

drill

Verb

tr.

boring

Dated

pierce wood with a small hand drill to create a hole

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He wimbled a hole in the wooden plank.

bore

drill

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hand tool for boring holes

Origin of wimble

Old English, wimble (instrument for boring)

Examples of wimble in a sentence

She found an old wimble in her grandfather's toolbox.
She wimbled through the dense material effortlessly.
They wimbled holes for the new fence posts.

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French:vrille, percer, ...
German:Bohrer, bohren, ...
Italian:berbiquino, forare, ...
Spanish:taladro manual, perforar, ...
Portuguese:trado, perfurar, ...
Chinese:钻孔器, 钻孔, ...
Japanese:錐, ウィンブルで穴を開ける, ...
Arabic:مِثْقَب يَدَوِي, ثَقَبَ, ...
Hebrew:מַקְדֵּחָה יָדָנִית, לִקְדּוֹחַ, ...
Russian:бур, сверлить, ...
Ukrainian:ручний свердло, просвердлити, ...
Hindi:छेदक, छेद करना, ...
Bengali:উইম্বল, গর্ত করা, ...
Catalan:gúbia, foradar, ...
Czech:nebozez, provrtat, ...
Danish:bor, bore, ...
Dutch:handboor, boren, ...
Greek:τρυπάνι, τρυπώ, ...
Hungarian:kézifúró, megfúrni, ...
Khmer:ឧបករណ៍ខួងដៃ, ខួងឈើ, ...
Korean:손 드릴, 뚫다, ...
Persian:دریل دستی, سوراخ کرد, ...
Polish:świder ręczny, wiercić, ...
Portuguese (BR):trado, perfurar, ...
Romanian:burghiu manual, a găuri, ...
Swedish:borrsväng, borra, ...
Thai:สว่านมือ, เจาะ, ...
Turkish:el matkabı, delik açmak, ...
Vietnamese:khoan tay, khoan, ...

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