tool

About 30.43 uses per million words.

Meaning

noun Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
Several prehistoric tools, including a stone ax, were found during the dig.
noun Any piece of equipment used in a profession, such as a craftsman's.
the tools of the trade
noun Anything that aids someone to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
Idleness is a tool of the devil.
noun A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools.
noun A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group, a pawn.
She was a tool of the pharmaceutical lobby.
noun A particular skill pertaining to baseball (such as hitting, running, etc.).
a five-tool player
noun A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.
noun An obnoxious or uptight person.
He won't sell us tickets because it's 3:01, and they went off sale at 3. That guy's such a tool.