Synonyms of tooling

tooling

verb

present participle of tool

as in driving

to travel by a motorized vehicle

I spent some time tooling around town today

Synonyms & Similar Words

• driving
• motoring
• riding
• automobiling
• racing
• rolling
• taxiing
• hacking
• wheeling
• chauffeuring
• dragging
• joyriding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tooling

One of the industry’s biggest challenges is tooling, as manufacturers must design, fabricate, and qualify physical dies and molds before production can begin. — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026

Hig spends his days tooling around in an old Cessna, looking for supplies, survivors or signs of life, trying to stay ahead of scavengers known as Reapers, when he is drawn outside the perimeter and finds Cima (Margaret Qualley). — David Faris, TheWeek, 30 July 2026

First up is Amanda, who is tooling through Belgravia with her poodle, Monty True Madness, in the front seat next to her. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 July 2026

Instead, overnight options skew more personal, from a historic inn to vacation rentals that provide a comfortable home base for tooling around town and exploring the surrounding area. — Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026

Clear-eyed CEOs understand that tooling for the hardest parts, registering every agent as an enterprise asset, and finding reusable patterns across those agents still takes deliberate human work. — Sarah Elk, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

During the parade, various NYYC members will be tooling around the Hudson, bobbing among the fleet. — Paige Darrah, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 May 2026

In addition to high-profile contract decisions regarding stars LeBron James and Austin Reaves, the Lakers are re-tooling the front office and business operations eight months after Dodgers owner Mark Walter officially took over in a historic $10-billion sale. — Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026

The pioneering program started with a fleet of black and white robots from Starship Technologies tooling around the campus at the University of Illinois Chicago. — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026