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Definition: Auger |
AugerNoun1. A long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes. 2. Hand tool for boring holes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "auger" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Building & Civil Engineering | Bored pile formed by boring a hole in the ground with the type of equipment used in well sinking or with a mechanical --, and filling the hole with concrete. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | A machine used for extruding a column (usually of plastic clay) from a die. The propelling action is obtained by means of a complete screw. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A drill for seismic shotholes or geophone holes modeled after the conventional carpenter's screw auger. Hence, any seismic shothole drilling device in which the cuttings are continuously removed mechanically from the bottom of the bore during the drilling operation without the use of fluids. A rotary drilling device used to drill shotholes or geophone holes in which the cuttings are removed by the device itself without the use of fluids. CF:hand auger; hand boring b. Any of various augerlike tools designed for boring holes in wood or for boring into soil and used esp. for such purposes as mining coal, prospecting, drilling for oil or water, and digging postholes. Also, a tool for drilling holes in coal for blasting c. Drilling using an auger. See also:coal auger; bucket auger;twist drill; horizontal auger. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: AugerSynonyms: gimlet (n), plumber's snake (n), screw auger (n), wimble (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Perforator | Noun: perforator, piercer, borer, auger, chisel, gimlet, stylet, drill, wimble, awl, bradawl, scoop, terrier, corkscrew, dibble, trocar, trepan, probe, bodkin, needle, stiletto, rimer, warder, lancet; punch, puncheon; spikebit, gouge; spear; (weapon); puncher; punching machine, punching press; punch pliers. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The auger that was used to plant the marsh grass plugs. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Auger dumping rice from combine into wagon. Credit: USDA. |
 | Forester using an auger for tree planting. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |  | Sans Efforts / [Adrien V. Auger.]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Auger used for boring shallow wells, Safe well deomonstration, Ridge, Saint Mary's County, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Auger" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Auger" is used about 39 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 39 | 55,036 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "auger" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Auger | Last name | 2,000 | 5,288 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "auger": Auger bit ♦ auger shell ♦ Bolt auger ♦ closet auger ♦ Earth auger ♦ ground auger ♦ pod auger ♦ screw auger. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
auger | 224 | wood auger bit | 9 |
earth auger | 56 | auger driling foundation | 9 |
claudine auger | 52 | auger conveyor | 9 |
post hole auger | 45 | hydraulic auger | 8 |
ice auger | 32 | westfield auger | 8 |
grain auger | 26 | water auger | 7 |
power auger | 23 | post auger | 7 |
auger bit | 23 | auger man one | 7 |
brian auger | 22 | toilet auger | 7 |
drain auger | 20 | auger filler | 6 |
auger drilling | 18 | auger rig | 6 |
hand auger | 16 | pengo auger | 6 |
american auger | 13 | auger beaver little | 6 |
auger flighting | 11 | sewer auger | 6 |
anchor auger | 11 | auger digger hole post | 6 |
drill auger | 11 | auger rental | 6 |
soil auger | 10 | auger bobcat | 6 |
closet auger | 10 | general auger | 6 |
auger cast piles | 9 | auger bit earth | 6 |
earth quake auger | 9 | jiffy ice auger | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "auger"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | turjelë zdrukthëtari, trapan (boring machine, broach, drill, loft, trepan). (various references) | |
Arabic | مثقب (brace, cribriform, perforated, pricket, wimble), بريمة حفر (perforator). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | свредел (borer, broach, drill, perforator, reamer), сонда (bore, borer, explorer, probe, sonde, stylet, well), бургия (bore, broach, drill, perforator). (various references) | |
Chinese | 木'. (various references) | |
Czech | nebozez (gimlet). (various references) | |
Danish | transportsnekke (auger conveyor, conveying screw, screw conveyor, spiral conveyor, spiral-auger conveyor, worm-type conveyor), transportsnegl (auger conveyor, conveying screw, screw conveyor, spiral conveyor, spiral-auger conveyor, worm-type conveyor), stenbor (abrasion drill, boring machine, percussive drill, rock drill, rotary drill), snekke (feed screw, screw, worm, worn), snegletransportør (auger conveyor, conveying screw, screw conveyor, spiral conveyor, spiral-auger conveyor, worm-type conveyor), snegl (snail), skruetransportør (auger conveyor, conveying screw, screw conveyor, spiral conveyor, spiral-auger conveyor, worm-type conveyor), indføringssnegl (crop auger, feed auger, header auger). (various references) | |
Dutch | vijzel (jack, mortar), transportschoef (auger conveyor, conveying screw, screw conveyor, spiral conveyor, spiral-auger conveyor, worm-type conveyor), schroeftransporteur (auger conveyor, conveying screw, screw conveyor, spiral conveyor, spiral-auger conveyor, worm-type conveyor), grondboor, graanvijzel (auger conveyor, conveying screw, screw conveyor, spiral conveyor, spiral-auger conveyor, worm-type conveyor), boor (bore). (various references) | |
Farsi | مته (Bore, Drill, Gimlet), زمین سوراخ کن , دیلم (Crow, Crowbar, Gad, Jimmy, Lever, Pry). (various references) | |
Finnish | kaira (backwoods, drill). (various references) | |
French | vrille, vis transporteuse (auger conveyor), vis sans fin (auger conveyor, crop auger, feed auger, header auger), vis d'Archimède (auger conveyor), vis grains (auger conveyor), vis (auger conveyor), trepan, transporteur vis (auger conveyor), trépan, tariere, tarière, mouleuse, foreuse, étireuse. (various references) | |
German | bohrer (augers, bore, borer, drill, driller, gimlet, wimble), schnecke (cochlea, endless screw, escargot, scroll, slug, snail, spiral staircase, volute, worm). (various references) | |
Greek | τρυπάνι (bit, brace and bit, drill, gimlet). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מק"ח (bit, borer, drill, miser). (various references) | |
Hungarian | fúró (bit, boring bit, drill, drilling, piercing). (various references) | |
Indonesian | gurdi (drill). (various references) | |
Italian | trapano (drill, trepan, wimble). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 錐 (drill). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きり (all there is, bounds, closing sentence, drill, end, fog, limits, mist, only, paulownia tree, period, place to leave off, since). (various references) | |
Korean | 송곳 (borer). (various references) | |
Manx | tharrar. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | augeray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | transportador de parafuso sem-fim (auger conveyor, conveying screw, screw conveyor, spiral conveyor, spiral-auger conveyor, worm-type conveyor), trado (irate, piercer), trépano (borebit, borer, bur, burr, dental drill, drill, drill bit, hand drill, jumper, jumping drill, milling cutter, miner's drill, percussion drill, plough drill, trepan, trephine), sonda (catheter, depth-gauge, explorer, lead, lead-line, plumb, plummet, sounder, stylet), pua (drill, gaff, prick, prickle, spike, wimble), parafuso sem-fim (crop auger, feed auger, header auger, worn), parafuso (bolt, nut, screw, spin, spinning, tail-spin), broca (bit, bore, borer, broach, drill bit, piercer, wimble). (various references) | |
Romanian | spiţelnic, sfredel (borer, burr, drill, gimlet, wimble), burghiu (bit, borer, broach, drill, gimlet, wimble). (various references) | |
Russian | бурав (bore, gimlet, perforator, piercer, wimble). (various references) | |
Scottish | tora (augur). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | svrdlo (broach, piercer). (various references) | |
Shona | bhora. (various references) | |
Spanish | alimentador de tornillo sin fin (crop auger, feed auger, header auger), transportador de tornillo (auger conveyor, conveying screw, screw conveyor, spiral conveyor, spiral-auger conveyor, worm-type conveyor), trépano (trepan), tornillo transportador (auger conveyor, conveying screw, screw conveyor, spiral conveyor, spiral-auger conveyor, worm-type conveyor), tornillo sinfín, tornillo embocador (crop auger, feed auger, header auger), taladro (bore, boring, drill, punching), sondeadora para terrenos blandos, sinfín transportador (auger conveyor, conveying screw, screw conveyor, spiral conveyor, spiral-auger conveyor, worm-type conveyor), sinfín embocador (crop auger, feed auger, header auger), parahuso (wimble), barrena (aiguille, bore, borer, drill, spin). (various references) | |
Swedish | navare, borr (bore, borer, drill). (various references) | |
Turkish | matkap (bit, borer, broach, burr-drill, drill, gimlet), delgi (bit, borer, broach, burr-drill, drill, gimlet, punch, trepan), burgu (corkscrew, gimlet). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | свердел (borer, drill, gimlet, hand-brace, perforator, piercer), шнек (worm), бурав (borer, wimble). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cái khoan (drift). (various references) | |
Welsh | trwyddew (borer), taradr, ebill (borer, peg). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old English | 450-1100 | nafogar. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "auger": augers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "auger": gauger, mauger, sauger. (additional references) | |
Words containing "auger": gaugers, saugers. (additional references) | |
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"Auger" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aage, aeger, agert, aguer, Aguero, agur, agure, aige, Aiguer, anuer, Anuga, arger, auga, Augar, auge, Augea, Augee, Augen, augera, augere, Augereau, augero, augerunt, augery, Augher, Aughey, Aughrim, augor, augrer, augue, auteer, auter, auug, auugger, auve, buger, Dauger, Euge, Hauger, iugerum, Kaufer, Ougier, ruger, Saugor. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "auger" (pronounced ô"ger) |
| 3 | ô" g er | augur, Mauger. |
| 2 | -g er | eager, Eger, Egger, enlarger, agar, anger, Armiger, beggar, beleaguer, bigger, bootlegger, Bragger, bugger, Bulger, burger, burgher, carpetbagger, cataloger, cheeseburger, cougar, dagger, digger, finger, fishmonger, forefinger, gager, gangbanger, hamburger, hugger, hunger, Jaeger, Jager, Jagger, jogger, lager, leaguer, linger, logger, longer, luger, meager, monger, mugger, ogre, outrigger, overeager, rigor, Sager, sandbagger, Slugger, stagger, sugar, swager, swagger, tiger, trigger, vaguer, vigor, vinegar, vulgar, warmonger, younger. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: argue, rugae. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-r-u" | |
-1 letter: ager, ague, gaur, gear, grue, guar, rage, ruga, urea, urge. | |
-2 letters: age, are, ear, eau, era, erg, gae, gar, rag, reg, rue, rug. | |
-3 letters: ae, ag, ar, er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-r-u" | |
+1 letter: aerugo, argued, arguer, argues, augers, gauger, mauger, maugre, rugate, sauger, vaguer. | |
+2 letters: aerugos, arguers, arguses, auberge, augured, augurer, bearhug, bugbear, burgage, courage, desugar, earplug, garigue, gaucher, gaudery, gaudier, gauffer, gaugers, gaunter, gauzier, granule, graupel, gravure, guarded, guarder, laugher, leaguer, outrage, plaguer, pugaree, reargue, refugia, regauge, regular, rummage, saugers, sevruga, sugared, tegular, umbrage, uneager, upgrade. | |
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