power tool
noun1
Any of a wide class of tools powered by a motor (usually an electric motor); most especially such tools as are handheld, portable, and not stationary.
2
Derogatory, Slang A very obnoxious person.
- Most of the people in her class, even the power tools, thought that the book was totally entrenched.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 345:
- Synonyms
- power tool
- Hyponyms
48 terms
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