auger

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɔːɡə(ɹ)/

Noun

auger (plural augers)

1. A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
   • 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 231

     Pete Burnett needs a fan belt for his auger.

2. A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
3. A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
4. A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.

Translations

• French: tarière, tarière à trépan
• German: Holzbohrer
• Portuguese: trado, verrumão
• Russian: бур
• Spanish: barrena, barreno, taladrador, taladro, berbiquí

Translations

• German: Erdbohrer
• Spanish: barrena

Verb

auger (augers, present participle augering; past and past participle augered)

1. To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
2. To proceed in the manner of an auger.

Translations

• Italian: verrinare
• Spanish: taladrar, barrenar

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