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| 1. n. A mechanical device intended to make a task easier. | |
| Hand me that tool, would you? I don't have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine. | |
| 2. n. Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade. | |
| These are the tools of the trade. | |
| 3. n. Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means. | |
| 4. n. (computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations. | |
| The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools. a tool for recovering deleted files from a disk | |
| 5. n. A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group. | |
| He was a tool, no more than a pawn to her. | |
| 6. n. (slang) Penis. | |
| 7. n. (by extension, slang) An obnoxious or uptight person. | |
| He won't sell us tickets because it's 3:01, and they went off sale at 3. That guy's such a tool. | |
| 8. v. To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather. | |
| 9. v. To equip with tools. | |
| 10. v. (intransitive) To work very hard. | |
| 11. v. (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. | |
| Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you. | |
| 12. v. (transitive, volleyball) To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds. | |
| 13. v. (transitive, UK, slang) To drive (a coach, etc.) | |
| 14. v. (intransitive, slang) To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive. | |
