TOOL

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

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• See also penis

• See also tool

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• (volleyball): use

Anagrams

• LOTO, OOTL, loot, loto

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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