Tool /(to͡ol)/

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.
2. A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.
3. Hence, any instrument of use or service.

   That angry fool . . . Whipping her horse, did with his smarting tool Oft whip her dainty self.

4. A weapon. [Obs.]

   Him that is aghast of every tool.

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.

   I was not made for a minion or a tool.

imp. & p. p. tooled; p. pr. & vb. n. tooling

1. To shape, form, or finish with a tool.
2. To drive, as a coach. [Slang, Eng.]

1. To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive. [Colloq.]

   Boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept roads.