tool (n.)

  1. an implement used in the practice of a vocation

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

    [ Syn: instrument ]

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

    [ Syn: creature , puppet ]

  4. obscene terms for penis

    [ Syn: cock , prick , dick , shaft , pecker , peter , putz ]

    tool (v.)

  1. drive; The convertible tooled down the street'

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

    [ Syn: joyride , tool around ]

  3. furnish with tools

  4. work with a tool

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