tool
verb/tuːl/
/tuːl/
[intransitive] (North American English, informal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they tool | /tuːl/ /tuːl/ |
| he / she / it tools | /tuːlz/ /tuːlz/ |
| past simple tooled | /tuːld/ /tuːld/ |
| past participle tooled | /tuːld/ /tuːld/ |
| -ing form tooling | /ˈtuːlɪŋ/ /ˈtuːlɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. to drive around in a vehicleWord OriginOld English tōl, from a Germanic base meaning ‘prepare’. The verb dates from the early 19th cent.
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