auger
verbEtymology 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.
1
To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
2
To proceed in the manner of an auger.
- It augered into the water and vanishedunder the surface only to float up again, its keel pointing skyward.2010, Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, The Silent Sea:
- There was no way to measure progress inside the sphere, to know whether it spun or leapt or wobbled like a top as it augered through the years.2012, Ronald Wright, A Scientific Romance:
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- It augers down again behind him to gyre like a mindless deadly battling top.2014, Steven R. Boyett, Mortality Bridge:
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Uncommon To daydream.
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