Meanings
nounpower tool (plural power tools)
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.
- derogatoryslangA 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
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 電動工具 /电动工具
- 電動工具 /电动工具 (diàndòng gōngjù)tool powered by an electric motor
Danish elværktøj
- elværktøjtool powered by an electric motor
Finnish sähkötyökalu
- sähkötyökalutool powered by an electric motor
French outil électroportatif
- outil électroportatiftool powered by an electric motor
German Elektrogerät, Elektrowerkzeug
- Elektrogerättool powered by an electric motor
- Elektrowerkzeugtool powered by an electric motor
Italian utensile elettrico
- utensile elettricotool powered by an electric motor
Polish elektronarzędzie
- elektronarzędzietool powered by an electric motor
Russian электроинструме́нт, электроприбо́р
- электроинструме́нт (elektroinstrumént)tool powered by an electric motor
- электроприбо́р (elektropribór)tool powered by an electric motor
Ukrainian електроінструме́нт, електроприла́д
- електроінструме́нт (elektroinstrumént)tool powered by an electric motor
- електроприла́д (elektroprylád)tool powered by an electric motor
Cite this entry
APA
power tool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20tool
MLA
“power tool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20tool. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “power tool,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/power%20tool.
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