tool\ up

tool\ up
To prepare for an imminent conflict (competitive or violent) by overloading oneself with equipment. From the movie Johnny Mnemonic (Ice-T: You're toolin' up for an evenin.')

Did you see that special forces soldier in the video? He was all tooled up.


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  • Tool — sur scène en 2006. Pays d’origine …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Tool — (t[=oo]l), n. [OE. tol,tool. AS. t[=o]l; akin to Icel. t[=o]l, Goth. taijan to do, to make, taui deed, work, and perhaps to E. taw to dress leather. [root]64.] 1. An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tool — [to͞ol] n. [ME toole < OE tol, akin to ON tol < ? IE base * deu > TAW2] 1. any implement, instrument, or utensil held in the hand and used to form, shape, fasten, add to, take away from, or otherwise change something by cutting, hitting …   English World dictionary

  • Tool — (engl. ‚Werkzeug‘) bezeichnet: allgemein ein Werkzeug speziell ein PC Werkzeug (PC Tool), kleines Computerprogramm, oft Dienstprogramm Tool (Band), US amerikanische Progressive Metal Band Ort in den Vereinigten Staaten: Tool (Texas) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tool — Tool, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tooled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {tooling}.] 1. To shape, form, or finish with a tool. Elaborately tooled. Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster] 2. To drive, as a coach. [Slang, Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tool — (t[=oo]l), v. i. [Cf. {Tool}, v. t., 2.] To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive. [Colloq.] Boys on their bicycles tooling along the well kept roads. Illust. American. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tool — Tool, TX U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 2275 Housing Units (2000): 1416 Land area (2000): 3.607782 sq. miles (9.344112 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.015894 sq. miles (0.041166 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.623676 sq. miles (9.385278 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Tool, TX — U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 2275 Housing Units (2000): 1416 Land area (2000): 3.607782 sq. miles (9.344112 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.015894 sq. miles (0.041166 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.623676 sq. miles (9.385278 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • tool — ► NOUN 1) a device or implement used to carry out a particular function. 2) a thing used to help perform a job. 3) a person used by another. ► VERB 1) (usu. be tooled) impress a design on (a leather book cover) with a heated tool. 2) equip with… …   English terms dictionary

  • Tool — [tu:l] das; s, s <aus engl. tool, »Werkzeug«> Programm, das bestimmte zusätzliche Aufgaben innerhalb eines anderen Programms übernimmt; Hilfsprogramm (EDV) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • tool — [n1] instrument used to shape, form, finish apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, engine, gadget, gizmo*, implement, job, machine, means, mechanism, utensil, weapon, whatchamacallit*; concept 499 tool [n2] person who allows… …   New thesaurus

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