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plural augers
A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet. quotations examples
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). examples
A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts examples
A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study. examples
third-person singular simple present augers, present participle augering, simple past and past participle augered
To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger. examples
To proceed in the manner of an auger. quotations examples
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
It augers down again behind him to gyre like a mindless deadly battling top.
2014, Steven R. Boyett, Mortality Bridge