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

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

It is equipped with XT-4 tooling such as a full-length Agile Chassis Skeleton, Quicklace closure, and dual density EVA cushioning in the midsole. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 5 Feb. 2026

Spending a few minutes tooling around on ChatGPT-3’s website, and if not an oracle in silicon, the program is unequivocally able to produce writing at about the level of a B-freshman composition paper. — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026