Synonyms:
auger, gimlet, screw_auger, wimble
Meaning: hand tool for boring holes
Synonyms:
plumber's_snake, auger
Meaning: a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes
Usage examples
The auger, after working its way to the bottom of the heap, is raised, and, of course, it contains a fair sample of the sand at all depths from the top downwards.
He was the first to fasten things together with glue; he invented the plumb-line and the auger; and he showed seamen how to put up masts in their ships and how to rig the sails to them with ropes.