auger

== English == === Alternative forms === augre === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.ɡə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ɔːɡə(ɹ) (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.ɡɚ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.ɡɚ/ Homophone: augur === Noun === auger (plural augers) A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet. 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === auger (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. To proceed in the manner of an auger. (Arkansas, Missouri, uncommon) To daydream. ==== Coordinate terms ==== gimlet ==== Derived terms ==== auger in ==== Translations ==== === Usage notes === Not to be confused with augur. === Anagrams === Argue, Gauer, Graue, argue, augre, rugae == French == === Etymology === From auge. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /o.ʒe/ === Verb === auger to dig in order to get the shape of a trough to bend a piece of flat iron into the shape of a gutter, of an eavestrough ==== Conjugation ==== This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written auge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger. === Anagrams === argue, argué urgea == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === auger (nonstandard) indefinite plural of auga (nonstandard) indefinite plural of auge