tool

/tu:l/

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Explanation of the Word "Tool"

Part of Speech: Noun & Verb

Summary:

A "tool" can be a physical object that helps you accomplish tasks or a term used to describe someone who is manipulated by others. It has various meanings and uses in both everyday conversations and more advanced contexts.

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Noun

1. obscene terms for penis
2. a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
3. the means whereby some act is accomplished
   • my greed was the instrument of my destruction
   • science has given us new tools to fight disease
4. an implement used in the practice of a vocation

Verb

1. work with a tool
2. furnish with tools
3. ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
   • We tooled down the street
4. drive
   • The convertible tooled down the street

Synonyms

• cock
• prick
• dick
• shaft
• pecker
• peter
• putz
• creature
• puppet
• instrument
• joyride
• tool around