Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
instrument, tool
(noun) the means whereby some act is accomplished; “my greed was the instrument of my destruction”; “science has given us new tools to fight disease”
tool
(noun) an implement used in the practice of a vocation
cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, tool, putz
(noun) obscene terms for penis
creature, tool, puppet
(noun) a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
tool
(verb) work with a tool
joyride, tool, tool around
(verb) ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; “We tooled down the street”
tool
(verb) drive; “The convertible tooled down the street”
tool
(verb) furnish with tools
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tool (plural tools)
A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
Equipment used in a profession, e.g, tools of the trade.
Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
(computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
(slang) Penis.
(by extension, slang, pejorative) An obnoxious or uptight person.
• See also penis
• See also tool
tool (third-person singular simple present tools, present participle tooling, simple past and past participle tooled)
(transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g, hand-tooled leather.
(transitive) To equip with tools.
(intransitive) To work very hard.
(transitive, slang) To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
(transitive, volleyball) To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
(transitive, UK, slang, dated) To drive (a coach or other vehicle).
(transitive, UK, slang, dated) To carry or convey in a coach or other vehicle.
(intransitive, slang) To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
• (volleyball): use
• LOTO, OOTL, loot, loto
Source: Wiktionary
Tool, n. Etym: [OE. tol,tool. AS. tl; akin to Icel. tl, Goth. taijan to do, to make, taui deed, work, and perhaps to E. taw to dress leather. sq. root64.]
1. An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.
2. A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.
3. Hence, any instrument of use or service. That angry fool . . . Whipping her house, did with his amarting tool Oft whip her dainty self. Spenser.
4. A weapon. [Obs.] Him that is aghast of every tool. Chaucer.
5. A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes. I was not made for a minion or a tool. Burks.
Tool, v. t. [imp. & p. p. tooled; p. pr. & vb. n. tooling.]
1. To shape, form, or finish with a tool. "Elaborately tooled." Ld. Lytton.
2. To drive, as a coach. [Slang,Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 March 2024
(adjective) tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions; “a counselor tries not to be faultfinding”
Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.