Tool :  (noun)
1: an implement used in the practice of a vocation
2: the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease" [syn: instrument]
3: a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [syn: creature, puppet]
4: obscene terms for penis [syn: cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, putz] ... ( more )

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