- a hand tool with a bit shaped like a corkscrew, for boring holes in wood
- a larger tool of the same kind for boring holes in the ground
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au•ger /ˈɔgɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2020
- Buildinga tool for boring holes.
au•ger (ô′gər),USA pronunciation n.
- a bit, as for a brace.
- a boring tool, similar to but larger than a gimlet, consisting of a bit rotated by a transverse handle.
- Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering, BuildingSee earth auger.
- Building, Civil Engineeringa device consisting of a shaft with a broad helical flange rotating within a cylindrical casing to force bulk materials from one end to the other.
- Buildingsnake (def. 3a).
- bef. 900; Middle English nauger (a nauger misdivided as an auger; compare adder, apron), Old English nafogār nave-piercer (cognate with Old Norse nafarr, Old Saxon nabugēr, Middle Dutch navegeer, Old High German nabagēr), equivalent. to nafa nave2 + gār spear; compare gore3, garlic
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auger /ˈɔːɡə/ n
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