retool

English

Etymology

re- +‎ tool

Pronunciation

• enPR: rē-to͞ol, IPA^(key): /riːˈtuːl/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːl

Verb

retool (third-person singular simple present retools, present participle retooling, simple past and past participle retooled)

1. (transitive) To adjust; to optimize; to rebuild.

   He decided it was time to retool last year's marketing brochure.

Translations

to adjust, to rebuild

• German: umrüsten (de), umstellen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• looter, oolert, rootle, tooler