auger en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɑ.ɡɚ/ (cot-caught-merger)
- (Southern-England) audio
- (US) audio cot-caught
- /ˈɔː.ɡə(ɹ)/ (UK)
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈɔ.ɡɚ/ (US)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
-
A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
Pete Burnett needs a fan belt for his auger.
1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, paperback edition, Virago Press, page 231:
- A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
- A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
- A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| augre | alternative | lexicographic | |
| augers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
closet auger · pod auger · auger-fish · augerlike · augerer · hydrauger · auger mining
Translations (64)
sga tarathar (carpenter's tool) · ru сверло́ (carpenter's tool) · hsb njeboz (carpenter's tool) · es taladrador (carpenter's tool) · ca barrina (carpenter's tool) · pt trado (carpenter's tool) · es barrena (hollow drill used to take core samples of soil) · da naver (carpenter's tool) · ota بورغو (carpenter's tool) · fr tarière à trépan (carpenter's tool) · de Holzbohrer (carpenter's tool) · sk nebožiec (carpenter's tool) · pdt Boa (carpenter's tool) · ms pelir itik (carpenter's tool) · ang nafugār (carpenter's tool) · bg свредел (carpenter's tool) · tr burgu (carpenter's tool) · gv tarrar (carpenter's tool) · gl trade (carpenter's tool) · mk бургија (carpenter's tool) · sv navare (carpenter's tool) · sh свр̏дло (carpenter's tool) · da naverbor (carpenter's tool) · it succhiello (carpenter's tool) · fi maakaira (hollow drill used to take core samples of soil) · de Erdbohrer (hollow drill used to take core samples of soil) · fr tarière (carpenter's tool) · es barreno (carpenter's tool) · fi maaperäkaira (hollow drill used to take core samples of soil) · gl tarabela (carpenter's tool) · haw wili nui (carpenter's tool) · ka ბურღი (carpenter's tool) · mk сврдел (carpenter's tool) · it menarola (carpenter's tool) · es taladro (carpenter's tool) · pl świder (carpenter's tool) · kac lun bu (carpenter's tool) · tl balibol (carpenter's tool) · dsb njabozac (carpenter's tool) · enm nauger (carpenter's tool) · cmn 螺絲鑚 /螺丝鑚 (carpenter's tool) · bg сонда (hollow drill used to take core samples of soil) · es barrena (carpenter's tool) · ga tarathar (carpenter's tool) · es berbiquí (carpenter's tool) · ru бура́в (carpenter's tool) · bg бургия (carpenter's tool) · gd tora (carpenter's tool) · fa برمه (carpenter's tool) · ru бур (carpenter's tool) · mi wiri (carpenter's tool) · my လွန် (carpenter's tool) · pt verrumão (carpenter's tool) · cs nebozez (carpenter's tool) · cy taradr (carpenter's tool) · grc τρύπανον (carpenter's tool) · fi kaira (carpenter's tool) · sh svȑdlo (carpenter's tool) · ms pelitik (carpenter's tool) · eo borilo (carpenter's tool) · mnw ခပူ (carpenter's tool) · cmn 螺旋鑽 /螺旋钻 (carpenter's tool) · tl barena (carpenter's tool) · my လွန်ပူ (carpenter's tool)