Tool
/tuːl/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:4 ptsWWF:5 pts4 letters
Definition of Tool
noun
- 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."
- Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
"These are the tools of the trade."
- Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
- 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"
- 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."
verb
- To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
- To equip with tools.
- To work very hard.
- 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.
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