power tool
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Noun
power tool (plural power tools)
- 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.
- (slang, derogatory) A very obnoxious person.
- 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 345:
- Most of the people in her class, even the power tools, thought that the book was totally entrenched.
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- See also Thesaurus:power tool
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Translations
tool powered by an electric motor
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References
- “power tool n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
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