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tool
- /tuːl/ England, Wales
- /tul/ US
- /tʉːl/ General Australian
- /tʉl/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
Sounds like tulle · Rhymes with -uːl
Where it comes from
From Middle English tool, tol, from Old English tōl (“tool, implement, instrument”, literally “that with which one prepares something”), perhaps borrowed from Old Norse tól, but at any rate ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tōlą (“that which is used in preparation, tool”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to, secure”), equivalent to taw (“to prepare”) + -le (agent suffix). Cognate with Scots tuil (“tool, implement, instrument, device”), Icelandic tól (“tool”), Faroese tól (“tool, instrument”). Related to Old English tāwian (“to make, prepare, or cultivate”); see taw, and tow ("fibres used for spinning").
noun tools
- Any physical device meant to ease or do a task. Several prehistoric tools, including a stone ax, were found during the dig.
- Any piece of equipment used in a profession, such as a craftsman's. the tools of the trade
- Anything that aids someone to perform an operation; an instrument; a means. Idleness is a tool of the devil.
- 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 person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group, a pawn. She was a tool of the pharmaceutical lobby.
- A particular skill pertaining to baseball (such as hitting, running, etc.). a five-tool player
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A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.
Or haue wee some strange Indian with the great Toole, come to Court, the women so besiege vs?
Similar: anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird, birdie, bobby, boonga, cack, choad, choda, chode
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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.
Similar: assbag, assbreath, assbucket, asschunk, asscunt, assface, assfag, assfaggot, assfuck, assfucker, asshat, asshead
- A handgun. In my city keep a tool Lil nigga you know the rules
Similar: tool
verb tools · tooling · tooled
- To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
- To equip with tools.
- To work very hard. Do this lab and read this book, now tool, one and all, And be sure and pass that final quiz or be screwed right to the wall.
- 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.
- To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
- To drive (a coach or other vehicle).
- To carry or convey in a coach or other vehicle. 1850s, Cuthbert M. Bede, The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green Among those who seemed disposed to join in this opinion was the Jehu of the Warwickshire coach, who expressed his conviction to our hero, that "he wos a young gent as had much himproved hisself since he tooled him up to the Warsity with hi
- To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive. March 8, 1890, Byron P. Stephenson, "My Trip to Brazil", in Illustrated American boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept roads
Similar: use
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pecker, shaft, prick, joyride, puppet, tool around, creature, drive, dick, instrument, cock, peter, toolkit, leverage, toolbox, equipment
noun
Similar: tool
verb
Similar: use
Translations
Every language
noun mechanical device intended to make a task easier
| Español | herramienta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 도구 dogu, 툴 tul |
| 日本語 | 道具 dōgu, ツール tsūru |
| 中文 | 工具 gōngjù |
| हिन्दी | उपकरण upakraṇ, औज़ार auzār |
| Kiswahili | kifaa |
| Português | instrumento, ferramenta |
| Français | outil |
| Deutsch | Gerät, Instrument, Werkzeug |
| Italiano | arnese, strumento, utensile, mezzo |
| Ελληνικά | εργαλείο ergaleío, όργανο órgano |
| Română | sculă, unealtă, instrument |
| Русский | инструме́нт instrumént, ору́дие труда́ orúdije trudá, ору́дие orúdije |
| Tiếng Việt | dụng cụ, đồ dùng |
| العربية | أَدَاة ʔadāh, آلَة ʔāla, عُدَّة ʕudda |
| עברית | כְּלִי kli |
noun software for developers
| 한국어 | 툴 tul |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ツール tsūru |
| 中文 | 工具 gōngjù |
| Deutsch | Tool |
| Italiano | strumento |
| Ελληνικά | εργαλείο ergaleío |
| Русский | инструме́нт instrumént, сре́дство srédstvo, тул tul |
| العربية | أَدَاة ʔadāh |
noun equipment used in a profession
| Español | herramienta, utensilio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 도구 dogu, 공구 gonggu |
| 日本語 | 道具 dōgu, 工具 kōgu |
| 中文 | 工具 gōngjù |
| हिन्दी | उपकरण upakraṇ |
| Kiswahili | kifaa |
| Português | instrumento, ferramenta |
| Français | outil |
| Deutsch | Instrument, Werkzeug, Handwerkszeug |
| Italiano | attrezzo, strumento, utensile |
| Ελληνικά | εργαλείο ergaleío |
| Română | unealtă, instrument |
| Русский | инструме́нт instrumént, сре́дство srédstvo |
| العربية | أَدَاة ʔadāh |
| עברית | מַכְשִׁיר makhshír |
noun person or group used or controlled by another
| 日本語 | 使いっ走り tsukaippashiri, 木偶の坊 dekunobō |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Werkzeug, Instrument |
| Italiano | strumento, mezzo |
| Ελληνικά | υποχείριο ypocheírio, ενεργούμενο energoúmeno |
| Русский | пе́шка péška, марионе́тка marionétka, шестёрка šestjórka |
noun penis
| Español | instrumento |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 道具 dōgu, 玩具 gangu |
| Português | instrumento, ferramenta |
| Français | engin |
| Deutsch | Gerät, Teil |
| Italiano | arnese |
| Ελληνικά | εργαλείο ergaleío |
| Română | sculă |
| Русский | прибо́р pribór, аппара́т apparát |
verb to work on or shape with tools
| Português | talhar, trabalhar |
|---|---|
| Français | façonner |
| Deutsch | bearbeiten |
| Русский | обраба́тывать obrabátyvatʹ, обрабо́тать obrabótatʹ |
verb to equip with tools
| Português | equipar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | ausstatten |
| Русский | экипирова́ть ekipirovátʹ, оснаща́ть osnaščátʹ, оснасти́ть osnastítʹ |
verb (slang) ride or drive
| Deutsch | kurven |
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title = {tool},
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