- tool around
- in. to drive or cruise around. (See also tool.)□ We tooled around for a while and then rented a horror movie.□ Let’s tool around on the way home.
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tool around — verb ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it (Freq. 1) We tooled down the street • Syn: ↑joyride, ↑tool • Derivationally related forms: ↑joyride (for: ↑joyrid … Useful english dictionary
tool around — play, fool around, goof off The students were tooling around because they had no assignment … English idioms
tool around — v. cruise or drive around in a car … English slang
tool around/about — vb to idle or loaf, mess around performing trivial tasks. Originally an upper class Edwardian phrase, probably from the sense of tool meaning to drive (a coach) skilfully and smoothly, hence to perform without effort. In modern speech there may… … Contemporary slang
tool — /tul / (say toohl) noun 1. an instrument, especially one held in the hand, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations, as a hammer, saw, file, etc. 2. any instrument of manual operation. 3. that part of a lathe, planer, drill, or… …
tool — I UK [tuːl] / US [tul] noun [countable] Word forms tool : singular tool plural tools *** 1) a piece of equipment, usually one that you hold in your hand, that is designed to do a particular type of work kitchen/gardening/dental tools a set of… … English dictionary
tool — tool1 [ tul ] noun count *** 1. ) a piece of equipment, usually one you hold in your hand, that is designed to do a particular type of work: kitchen/garden/dental tools a set of tools => MACHINE TOOL 2. ) something that you use in order to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tool — 1. n. an earnest student. (See also power tool.) □ Of course he’s a tool. See the plastic liner in his pocket? □ Martin is a tool, and he’s proud of it. 2. n. a dupe; someone who can be victimized easily. □ They were looking for some tool to… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Tool Time — was the fictitious handyman show within a show in the television situation comedy, Home Improvement . It was hosted by Tim The Tool Man Taylor (played by Tim Allen) and Al Borland (played by Richard Karn). The sponsor of Tool Time was Binford… … Wikipedia
Tool wear — describes the gradual failure of cutting tools due to regular operation. It is a term often associated with tipped tools, tool bits, or drill bits that are used with machine tools.Types of wear include: * flank wear in which the portion of the… … Wikipedia
