Meaning

• A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.

  "Hand me that tool, would you?   I don't have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine."

• Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.

  "These are the tools of the trade."

• Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.

• A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.

  "The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools.   a tool for recovering deleted files from a disk"

• A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.

  "He was a tool, no more than a pawn to her."

• Penis.

• (by extension) An obnoxious or uptight person.

  "He won't sell us tickets because it's 3:01, and they went off sale at 3. That guy's such a tool."

Meaning

• To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.

• To equip with tools.

• To work very hard.

• 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."

• To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.

• To drive (a coach or other vehicle).

• To carry or convey in a coach or other vehicle.

• To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.