1. present participle of gimlet; boring or drilling with a gimlet (a small hand tool with a screw point)
Usage: technical; often used in carpentry or woodworking
2. moving or penetrating with a twisting or spiraling motion
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The carpenter was gimleting holes into the wooden frame.
• He spent the afternoon gimleting through the dense wood.
• The drill bit was gimleting deeper into the surface with each rotation.
• She watched the auger gimleting its way into the frozen ground.
• The screw was gimleting through the soft material effortlessly.