Paraphernalianoun
Miscellaneous items, especially the set of equipment required for a particular activity; stuff.
âHe has an impressive collection of bicycling paraphernalia, but he doesn't ride very often anymore.â;
Toolnoun
A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
âHand me that tool, would you?â; âI don't have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine.â;
Paraphernalianoun
(archaic) Things a woman owns, apart from her dowry.
Toolnoun
Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
Paraphernalia
Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.
Toolnoun
Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
Paraphernalia
Personal belongings; ornaments; finery; sundry objects carried about for personal convenience.
Toolnoun
(computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
âThe software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools.â; âa tool for recovering deleted files from a diskâ;
Paraphernalia
The appendages, apparatus, or equipment used in a particular activity; as, surveyors unloading their paraphernalia from a van.
Toolnoun
A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
âHe was a tool, no more than a pawn to her.â;
Paraphernalianoun
equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
Toolnoun
(slang) Penis.
Paraphernalianoun
miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity
âdrills, saws, and other paraphernalia necessary for home improvementsâ;
Toolnoun
An obnoxious or uptight person.
âHe won't sell us tickets because it's 3:01, and they went off sale at 3. That guy's such a tool.â;
Paraphernalianoun
trappings associated with a particular institution or activity that are regarded as superfluous
âthe rituals and paraphernalia of governmentâ;
Toolverb
(transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
Paraphernalia
Paraphernalia most commonly refers to a group of apparatus, equipment, or furnishing used for a particular activity. For example, an avid sports fan may cover his walls with football and/or basketball paraphernalia.
Toolverb
(transitive) To equip with tools.
Toolverb
(intransitive) To work very hard.
Toolverb
To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
âDude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you.â;
Toolverb
To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
Toolverb
To drive (a coach, etc.)
Toolverb
To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
Toolnoun
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.
Toolnoun
A machine for cutting or shaping materials; - also called machine tool.
Toolnoun
Hence, any instrument of use or service.
âThat angry fool . . . Whipping her horse, did with his smarting toolOft whip her dainty self.â;
Toolnoun
A weapon.
âHim that is aghast of every tool.â;
Toolnoun
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.
âI was not made for a minion or a tool.â;
Toolverb
To shape, form, or finish with a tool.
Toolverb
To drive, as a coach.
Toolverb
To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
âBoys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept roads.â;
Toolnoun
an implement used in the practice of a vocation
Toolnoun
the means whereby some act is accomplished;
âmy greed was the instrument of my destructionâ; âscience has given us new tools to fight diseaseâ;
Toolnoun
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
Toolnoun
obscene terms for penis
Toolverb
drive;
âThe convertible tooled down the streetâ;
Toolverb
ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it;
âWe tooled down the streetâ;
Toolverb
furnish with tools
Toolverb
work with a tool
Toolnoun
a device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function
âgardening toolsâ;
Toolnoun
a thing used to help perform a job
âcomputers are an essential toolâ; âthe ability to write clearly is a tool of the tradeâ;
Toolnoun
a person used or exploited by another
âthe beautiful Estella is Miss Havisham's toolâ;
Toolnoun
a piece of software that carries out a particular function, typically creating or modifying another program.
Toolnoun
a distinct design in the tooling of a book.
Toolnoun
a small stamp or roller used to make a tooled design.
Toolnoun
a man's penis.
Toolnoun
a stupid, irritating, or contemptible man
âthat guy is such a toolâ;
Toolverb
impress a design on (leather, especially a leather book cover)
âvolumes bound in green leather and tooled in goldâ;
Toolverb
equip or be equipped with tools for industrial production
âthe factory must be tooled to produce the modelsâ; âthey were tooling up for productionâ;
Toolverb
be or become armed, especially for criminal activity
âthey were tooled up with baseball batsâ;
Toolverb
drive or ride in a casual or leisurely manner
âtooling around town in a pink Rolls-Royceâ;
Toolverb
dress (stone) with a chisel.
Tool
A tool is an object that can extend an individual's ability to modify features of the surrounding environment. Although many animals use simple tools, only human beings, whose use of stone tools dates back hundreds of millennia, have been observed using tools to make other tools.