Thesaurus results for TOOLED

tooled

verb

Definition of tooled next

past tense of tool

as in drove

to travel by a motorized vehicle I spent some time tooling around town today

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Recent Examples of tooled Re-tooled with new signings, the defensive inadequacies and erratic finishing that had held the club back during his first campaign were eradicated. —

Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026 But Theobald tooled the Zephyrs’ block, pushing the Tigers over the line with a 25-22 set 4 win. —

Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025 When the season ended, Payton and general manager George Paton could have re-tooled the personnel on defense or let a couple of key contributors go. —

Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025 Hayes’ arrangements are machine-tooled to immersive perfection. —

David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025 Thrill-by-thrill, it’s tooled to capture our attention in much the same way that an eye-popping video game does. —

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tooled

drove

Verb

Deborah Courtney drove more than two hours from from Jacksonville and noted that all citizen speakers expressed opposition.

— Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his third home run of the season and drove in three runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 5-4 win over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday.

— Richard J. Marcus, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026