tooling

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).

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