tooling

verb

Definition of toolingnext
present participle of tool
as in driving
to travel by a motorized vehicle I spent some time tooling around town today

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  • Good Fortune follows Reeves as an angel, Gabriel, tasked by his boss, Martha (Sandra Oh), with stopping humans from dying while texting and driving.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Avoid using phones or other distracting behaviors while driving in a work zone.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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