ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Tool', Synonyms of 'Tool' & More on 'Tool'

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Charlie McCarthy, Federal, T square, adz, agency, agent, aid, amanuensis, ancilla, apparatus, apple-polisher, appliance, ass-licker, auto, autolithograph, avenue, awl, ax, backscratcher, backslapper, baggage agent, bale breaker, bar, battering ram, be a printmaker, bevel, bevel square, bodkin, bootlick, bootlicker, bradawl, bread knife, brown-nose, brownie, buffer, bushwhacker, business agent, butcher knife, calipers, cant hook, carve, carving knife, caulking iron, center punch, character, charioteer, chaser, chisel, chuck, chump, claim agent, clamp, clasp, clawback, cleaver, clerk, clinch, clip, clipper, clippers, commercial agent, commission agent, consignee, contraption, contrivance, courtier, cramp, crease, creature, cribble, cringer, crosshatch, crowbar, customer agent, cut, dagger, decorate, device, dibble, dividers, dog, dress, dummy, dupe, edger, electric sander, electric soldering iron, embellish, enchase, engrave, factor, fawner, fed, federal agent, file, flail, flatterer, flunky, footlicker, forceps, fork, freight agent, functionary, furrow, gadget, general agent, gimmick, gizmo, go-between, gouge, grab, grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling iron, grave, grease gun, grindstone, grip, groove, groveler, hack, handmaid, handmaiden, handshaker, hatch, hatchet, hawk, helot, hireling, hoe, holdfast, hook, hunting knife, implement, incise, inscribe, instrument, instrumentality, insurance agent, interagent, intermediary, intermediate, intermedium, jack, jackal, jackknife, jackscrew, jaws, jointer, knife, kowtower, lackey, lance, lancet, land agent, lathe, law agent, led captain, letter-opener, level, lever, lickspit, lickspittle, line, literary agent, lithograph, loan agent, machete, machine, make prints, mark, mattock, mealymouth, means, mechanism, mechanize, mediator, medium, midwife, mill, minion, miter box, motor, motorize, nail file, nail puller, news agent, nippers, official, organ, ornament, palette knife, paper clip, paper cutter, paper knife, paring knife, parliamentary agent, passenger agent, pawn, peavey, penknife, peon, pick, pickax, pilot, pincers, pinch bar, pitchfork, planer, plaything, pliers, plowshare, press agent, print, puller, punch, punch pliers, puncheon, puppet, purchasing agent, putty knife, ram, rammer, ramrod, razor, razor blade, real estate agent, retool, ripping bar, road, sales agent, saw knife, sax, scalpel, scissors, scoop, score, scrape, scraper, scratch, screwdriver, scuffle hoe, sculpture, scythe, secretary, serf, servant, shape, shaper, share, sharpen, shears, sheath knife, sickle, sidecutters, slave, snips, soldering iron, spaniel, spatula, spear, special agent, spokeshave, square, stapler, station agent, steward, stipple, stooge, suck, sucker, surgical knife, sword, sycophant, table knife, tackle, tamp, tamper, tamping pick, tap, theatrical agent, ticket agent, timeserver, tire iron, tire tool, toad, toady, tongs, toy, travel agent, truckler, tufthunter, tweezers, utensil, vehicle, vise, walking delegate, way, weapon, wedge, wheel, work, wrecking bar, wrench, yes-man

Dictionary Results for tool:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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, tool]
    3: a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform
       unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [syn:
       creature, tool, puppet]
    4: obscene terms for penis [syn: cock, prick, dick,
       shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz]
    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, tool around]
    3: furnish with tools
    4: work with a tool

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tool \Tool\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. tooled; p. pr. & vb. n.
   tooling.]
   1. To shape, form, or finish with a tool. "Elaborately
      tooled." --Ld. Lytton.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To drive, as a coach. [Slang, Eng.]
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tool \Tool\ (t[=oo]l), v. i. [Cf. Tool, v. t., 2.]
   To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive. [Colloq.]

         Boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept
         roads.                                   --Illust.
                                                  American.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tool \Tool\ (t[=oo]l), n. [OE. tol,tool. AS. t[=o]l; akin to
   Icel. t[=o]l, Goth. taijan to do, to make, taui deed, work,
   and perhaps to E. taw to dress leather. [root]64.]
   1. An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the
      like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical
      operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer
      at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner,
      smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other
      part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called
      machine tool.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Hence, any instrument of use or service.
      [1913 Webster]

            That angry fool . . .
            Whipping her horse, did with his smarting tool
            Oft whip her dainty self.             --Spenser.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. A weapon. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

            Him that is aghast of every tool.     --Chaucer.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a
      word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by
      whose agency they accomplish their purposes.
      [1913 Webster]

            I was not made for a minion or a tool. --Burks.
      [1913 Webster]

5. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)

TOOL
       [conference on] Technology of Object-Orientated Languages and
Systems (OOP, conference)

6. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)

tool


    1. n.A program used primarily to create, manipulate, modify, or analyze
    other programs, such as a compiler or an editor or a cross-referencing
    program. Oppose app, operating system; see also toolchain.

    2. [Unix] An application program with a simple, ?transparent? (typically
    text-stream) interface designed specifically to be used in programmed
    combination with other tools (see filter, plumbing).

    3. [MIT: general to students there] vi. To work; to study (connotes
    tedium). The TMRC Dictionary defined this as ?to set one's brain to the
    grindstone?. See hack.

    4. n. [MIT] A student who studies too much and hacks too little. (MIT's
    student humor magazine rejoices in the name Tool and Die.)

7. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

tool

   1. <tool> A program used primarily to create, manipulate,
   modify, or analyse other programs, such as a compiler or an
   editor or a cross-referencing program.  Opposite: app,
   operating system.

   2. A Unix application program with a simple, "transparent"
   (typically text-stream) interface designed specifically to be
   used in programmed combination with other tools (see filter,
   plumbing).

   3.  (MIT: general to students there) To work; to
   study (connotes tedium).  The TMRC Dictionary defined this
   as "to set one's brain to the grindstone".  See hack.

   4.  (MIT) A student who studies too much and
   hacks too little.  MIT's student humour magazine rejoices in
   the name "Tool and Die".

   [Jargon File]

   (1996-12-12)

8. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Tool, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
   Population (2000):    2275
   Housing Units (2000): 1416
   Land area (2000):     3.607782 sq. miles (9.344112 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.015894 sq. miles (0.041166 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    3.623676 sq. miles (9.385278 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            73352
   Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
   Location:             32.280459 N, 96.172678 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Tool, TX
    Tool

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