auger

n. drill, tool that looks like a large corkscrew for drilling holes

An auger is a device for moving material or liquid by means of a rotating helical flighting. The material is moved along the axis of rotation. For some uses the helical 'flighting' is enclosed in a tube, for other uses the flighting is not encased. An integral part of a drill the auger of the drill bit uses this mechanism to remove shavings from a hole being drilled.
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Noun
1. a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes
(synonym) plumber's snake
(hypernym) snake
2. hand tool for boring holes
(synonym) gimlet, screw auger, wimble
(hypernym) drill

(n.)
An instrument for boring or perforating soils or rocks, for determining the quality of soils, or the nature of the rocks or strata upon which they lie, and for obtaining water.
  

(n.)
A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge.
  

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