Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
Example: Hand me that tool, would you? I don’t have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine.
Definition: Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
Example: These are the tools of the trade.
Definition: Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
Definition: A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
Example: The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools. a tool for recovering deleted files from a disk
Definition: A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
Example: He was a tool, no more than a pawn to her.
Definition: Penis.
Definition: (by extension) An obnoxious or uptight person.
Example: He won’t sell us tickets because it’s 3:01, and they went off sale at 3. That guy’s such a tool.
verb
Definition: To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
Definition: To equip with tools.
Definition: To work very hard.
Definition: To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
Example: Dude, he’s not your friend. He’s just tooling you.
Definition: To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
Definition: To drive (a coach or other vehicle).
Definition: To carry or convey in a coach or other vehicle.
Definition: To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.