Definitions for tool

Overview of noun tool

The noun tool has 4 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (15) tool

(an implement used in the practice of a vocation)

2. (5) instrument, tool

(the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease")

3. creature, tool, puppet

(a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else)

4. cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz

(obscene terms for penis)

Overview of verb tool

The verb tool has 4 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (1) tool

(drive; "The convertible tooled down the street")

2. (1) joyride, tool, tool around

(ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street")

3. tool

(furnish with tools)

4. tool

(work with a tool)