The act of drilling or boring into something using a gimlet, or twisting and turning with a spiral motion.
From gimlet, a tool derived from Old French 'guimbelet,' possibly from Germanic roots. The -ing suffix indicates the present participle form showing ongoing action.
Gimleting describes both the physical tool action and metaphorically 'gimlet eyes' that seem to bore right through you—language borrowed the tool's piercing quality to describe intense stares!
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