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auger

/ˈɔːɡə/AW-gur
/ˈɔɡɚ/AW-gur

Meaningboring tool

Common meaning: tool for boring holes

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishnafegarsourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishnauger‘boring tool’source
  3. Englishauger‘tool for boring holes’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English nafegar ‘boring tool’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry AUGER, p. 42 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • nafegar Old English “boring tool”

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