A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. (noun)
A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool). (noun)
A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts (noun)
A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study. (noun)
To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger. (verb)
Examples of word auger
The basic idea is to find the cleanouts, and run a snake (aka auger) into them. powered one with knives.
The auger was a twisted pile of scrap in the ditch and the tractor was headed home unscratched.
While the lint is going through this process, the seeds, being heavier and smaller, draw to the bottom of the gins, fall into an auger which is operated by a belt, and then are dropped into a conveyor and carried to the seed pile or houses.
Q: where can i get a blade fo a 10 Ice King 3hp power auger. any help would be awsome!!
Twisting his ice auger—essentially a four-foot corkscrew—he drilled a new hole through the ice.