Auger Definition
ôgər
augers
noun
augers
Any of various hand tools, typically having a threaded shank and cross handle, used for boring holes in wood or ice.
American Heritage
A narrow tool for boring holes in wood, etc., with a sharp end for cutting and spiral grooves for channeling the shavings out of the hole: it is larger than a gimlet.
Webster's New World
A drill bit.
American Heritage
A similar but larger tool, as for boring holes in the earth.
Webster's New World
A machine having a helical flange attached to a rotating shaft, used for drilling and boring or as a conveyor of loose material.
American Heritage
verb
To drill, bore, or convey using an auger.
American Heritage
To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
Wiktionary
Origin of Auger
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Middle English from an auger alteration of a nauger from Old English nafogār auger nobh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English nauger, from Old English nafogār (“nave drill”), from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz. Cognate with Dutch avegaar.
From Wiktionary
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