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1. A person who tries too hard to fit into the mainstream idea of cool. Common identifying marks of the tool involve tattoos based off of a professional wrestler's tattoos, yellow cars with spoilers and the insistence to listen to bad music, i.e. Usher and Our Lady Peace.

2. Carson Daly.
I had to endure the entire night with that man, he's a total tool.
tool. by Mikey James. June 19, 2004
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One who is, as J.D. Salinger wrote in "Catcher in the Rye," a "phony." Someone who is false, a media whore, a douchebag, and a servant (or tool) or the Man. The best example, the paradigm of tooldom, is Carson Daly, as quite correctly noted above. Other famous tools include Geraldo Rivera, Ryan Seacrest, Tom Cruise, Stephen Baldwin, Tony Danza, Wayne Brady, Tom Arnold, Ben Affleck, Linkin Park, and most ironically of all, Tim Allen.
God, Carson Daly is a tool. He is willing to toss salad for the Man.
tool. by Dr. Zhivago July 16, 2008
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a.) is someone who is so stupid that they can only serve at best a few failry simple tasks over and over again, and sucks at everything else. b.) Someone lacking intellegence.
tool. by Scott Farrell November 14, 2005
A Tool is someone who goes through the motions of doing all the right things just to make themselves look good. Real tools have no self awareness and are completely invested in this image that they reflect of themselves but it is a hall of mirrors.
Cara, an NP, was being a real Tool. When she informed our physicians forum of her screening labs.
Tool. by WordBoss3 February 23, 2024
Anyone who tries to act cooler than they actually are. Most tools are usually douchebags with negative self-esteem.

Synonyms: Asshole, poser, faker, douchebag, Dane Cook.
Man: Wow, Dane Cook is not funny at all. What an asshole.
Man 2: Damn, you're right. What a tool.
Tool by BigCron August 11, 2009
An often disliked person who screws people over instead of using common sense to deal with situations. Likes to command people to compensate for his small penis.
Wtf, Jerry really had to fuck us over this time. What a tool.
Tool by Some dude1231 May 24, 2011
One who lacks the mental capacity to know he is being used. A fool. A cretin. Characterized by low intelligence and/or self-steem.
That tool dosen't even know she's just using him.
tool by tt February 18, 2003
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