auger

(Inglese)

Noun

1. A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
2. A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
3. A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
4. A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.

Verb

1. To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
2. To proceed in the manner of an auger.
3. (uncommon) To daydream.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɔː.ɡə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: nauger

Ereditato da inglese antico: nafugār

Affine olandese: avegaar

In summary

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.

Concetti

trapano

succhiello

trivella

succiello

menarola

verrinare

succhièllo

verrina

succhio

sinonimi

drill

gimlet

wimble

perforator

awl

screw auger

plumber’s snake

borer

bit

soil auger

screw

bore

twist bit

earth auger

double worm screw

fluted twist drill

milled twist drill

spiral borer

boring tool

brace and bit

bur

burr

needle

tailspin

trepan

twist drill

bitstock

spiral drill

closet auger

Traduzioni

Bohrer

barrena

barreno

świder

taladro

vrille

trado

taladrador

tarière

verrumão

αρίδα

Erdbohrer

terebra

Holzbohrer

boor