English Explanatory Dictionary

auger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
  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.
verb
  1. To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
  2. To proceed in the manner of an auger.
  3. To daydream.
name
  1. A surname from French.

Pronunciation

/ˈɔː.ɡə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-auger.wav /ˈɔ.ɡɚ/ /ˈɑ.ɡɚ/ en-us-augur.ogg en-au-augur.ogg /oʊˈʒeɪ/ /ˈɔːʒɚ/ /ˈaʊd͡ʒɚ/

Word forms

auger augers augre augering augered

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.

Derived words

augerer auger-fish augerlike auger mining closet auger hydrauger pod auger auger in Auger effect Auger electron Auger electron spectroscopy Auger-Meitner effect Auger recombination Auger shower
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