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tooled

UK/tuːld/

tooled is the simple past and past participle of tool.

Adjective

tooled (comparative more tooled, superlative most tooled)

  1. Worked with a tool.
  2. Impressed with an ornamental design.
    • A few sets of tooled leather bindings were set out on narrow polished tables, between book ends.1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 22

Meaning of tool

Verb

tool (third-person singular simple present tools, present participle tooling, simple past and past participle tooled)

  1. (transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
  2. (transitive) To equip with tools.
  3. (intransitive) To work very hard.
    • 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.1965, Matt Fichtenbaum, Dan Murphy, “The Institute Screw”, in The Broadside of Boston, volume III, number 22
  4. (slang, transitive) 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.
  5. (transitive) To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
  6. (UK, dated, slang, transitive) To drive (a coach or other vehicle).

See all 17 meanings of tool

Forms of tooled

comparativemore tooled
superlativemost tooled

Origin of tooled

From tool + -ed.

Words formed from tooled

Phrases with tooled

Words that rhyme with tooled

Questions about tooled

What does tooled mean?
Tooled means worked with a tool.
What is tooled the simple past and past participle of?
Tooled is the simple past and past participle of tool.
What part of speech is tooled?
Tooled is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tooled?
Tooled is pronounced /tuːld/ (UK).

Words near tooled in the dictionary

  1. toolchains
  2. toolchest
  3. toolchests
  4. Toole
  5. Toole County
  6. tooled
  7. tooled around
  8. tooled up
  9. tooler
  10. Toolern Vale
  11. toolers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tooled (page history and authors); tool (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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