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TOOL AROUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tool around mean? 

TOOL AROUND (verb)
  The verb TOOL AROUND has 1 sense:

1. ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of itplay

  Familiarity information: TOOL AROUND used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TOOL AROUND (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

joyride; tool; tool around

Context example:

We tooled down the street

Hypernyms (to "tool around" is one way to...):

ride (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle)

Verb group:

tool (drive)

Domain category:

driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP


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