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tool
English
Etymology
From Middle English tool, tol, from Old English t?l (“tool, implement, instrument”, literally “that with which one prepares something”), from Proto-Germanic *t?l? (“tool”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh?- (“to tie to, secure”), equivalent to taw (“to prepare”) +? -le (agent suffix). Cognate with Scots tuil (“tool, implement, instrument, device”), Icelandic tól (“tool”), Faroese tól (“tool, instrument”). Related to Old English t?wian (“to make, prepare, or cultivate”); see taw, and tow ("fibres used for spinning").
Pronunciation
- enPR: to?ol, IPA(key): /tu?l/
- Rhymes: -u?l
- Homophone: tulle
Noun
tool (plural tools)
- A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
- Any piece of equipment used in a profession, e.g. a craftman's tools.
- Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
- (computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
- A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
- (vulgar, slang) A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.
- (by extension, vulgar, slang, derogatory) An obnoxious or uptight person.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:penis
- See also Thesaurus:tool
Derived terms
Translations
References
- tool on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
tool (third-person singular simple present tools, present participle tooling, simple past and past participle tooled)
- (transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
- (transitive) To equip with tools.
- (intransitive) To work very hard.
- 1965, Matt Fichtenbaum and Dan Murphy, “The Institute Screw” in The Broadside of Boston, vol. III, No. 22:
- Do this lab and read this book, now tool, one and all,
And be sure and pass that final quiz or be screwed right to the wall.
- Do this lab and read this book, now tool, one and all,
- 1965, Matt Fichtenbaum and Dan Murphy, “The Institute Screw” in The Broadside of Boston, vol. III, No. 22:
- (transitive, slang) To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
- Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you.
- (transitive, volleyball) To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
- (transitive, Britain, slang, dated) To drive (a coach or other vehicle).
- (transitive, Britain, slang, dated) To carry or convey in a coach or other vehicle.
- 1850s, Cuthbert M. Bede, The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green
- Among those who seemed disposed to join in this opinion was the Jehu of the Warwickshire coach, who expressed his conviction to our hero, that "he wos a young gent as had much himproved hisself since he tooled him up to the Warsity with his guvnor."
- 1850s, Cuthbert M. Bede, The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green
- (intransitive, slang) To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
- March 8, 1890, Byron P. Stephenson, "My Trip to Brazil", in Illustrated American
- boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept roads
- 2011, Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London, Gollancz 2011, page 324:
- These are the guys that tool around in Mercedes Sprinter vans with equipment lockers stuffed with everything from riot helmets to tasers.
- March 8, 1890, Byron P. Stephenson, "My Trip to Brazil", in Illustrated American
Synonyms
- (volleyball): use
Derived terms
- tool around
Translations
References
Anagrams
- LOTO, OOTL, loot, loto
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English tool
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tu?l/
- Hyphenation: tool
- Rhymes: -u?l
Noun
tool m (plural tools, diminutive tooltje n)
- A tool, aid, instrument, auxiliary device.
- Synonym: hulpmiddel
Related terms
- toolbox
Estonian
Etymology
From Middle Low German stôl, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *st?laz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?to?l?/
- IPA(key): /?to?l/
- Hyphenation: tool
Noun
tool (genitive tooli, partitive tooli)
- chair
- A seat with four legs and a backrest for one person.
- 1968, Peet Vallak, Tuuled ümber maja: Novellivalimik, page 200:
- Siis läks kogu ta vallasvara oksjonile ning mõni siiasiginenud tool, laud, voodi, kapp ja sööginõud olid nüüd seaduslikult naise-ema omad.
- Then all his personal property was put up for auction and any chair, table, bed, or dishes he had taken possession now belonged legitimately to his mother-in-law.
- Siis läks kogu ta vallasvara oksjonile ning mõni siiasiginenud tool, laud, voodi, kapp ja sööginõud olid nüüd seaduslikult naise-ema omad.
- 1968, Peet Vallak, Tuuled ümber maja: Novellivalimik, page 200:
- A seat with four legs and a backrest for one person.
Declension
Derived terms
References
- tool” in Sõnaveeb
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English t?l, from Proto-Germanic *t?l?.
Alternative forms
- tole, tol, toole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /to?l/
Noun
tool (plural toles or tolen)
- A tool, implement, or instrument.
- A instrument of war; an armament.
- (rare) A device used for torturing or interrogration.
- (rare, vulgar) A penis.
Descendants
- English: tool
- Scots: tuil
References
- “t??l, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-03.
Etymology 2
Noun
tool
- Alternative form of toll.
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ratten
English
Etymology
From Provincial English ratten (“rat”), i.e. to do mischief like a rat.
Verb
ratten (third-person singular simple present rattens, present participle rattening, simple past and past participle rattened)
- (obsolete, Northern England) To sabotage machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute, particularly the tools of a workman who went against the union.
- 1867, Report Presented to the Trades Unions Commissioners by the Examiners Appointed to Inquire Into Acts of Intimidation, Outrage, Or Wrong Alleged to Have Been Promoted, Encouraged, Or Connived at by Trades Unions in the Town of Sheffield, Great Britain. Royal Commission on Trades Unions. G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1867. p. 225:
- Did you also employ them to ratten people if they had broken any rules of your society, for instance, by having too many apprentices?
- 1947, Ivor John Carnegie Brown, Say The Word, p 100:
- […] derived from the sabot or shoe beneath railway lines. The saboteur was thus a remover of metal shoes, a train-wrecker. I must leave it at that. Meanwhile why not restore ratten to its old place in the Trade Union vocabulary, that is if, in these times of scant, we must endure any such wanton hindrance of the works?
- 1867, Report Presented to the Trades Unions Commissioners by the Examiners Appointed to Inquire Into Acts of Intimidation, Outrage, Or Wrong Alleged to Have Been Promoted, Encouraged, Or Connived at by Trades Unions in the Town of Sheffield, Great Britain. Royal Commission on Trades Unions. G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1867. p. 225:
Anagrams
- Arnett, attern, natter, tarten, treant
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?t?n
Noun
ratten
- Plural form of rat
Anagrams
- natter, tarten
Middle English
Verb
ratten
- to tear apart
- 1402, "The Reply of Friar Daw Topias":
- renden and ratyn
- 1402, "The Reply of Friar Daw Topias":
References
- “ratten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Swedish
Noun
ratten
- definite singular of ratt
Anagrams
- tanter, tentar
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