power tool

English

Noun

power tool (plural power tools)

1. Any tool powered by an electric motor.
2. (slang, derogatory) A very obnoxious person.
   • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 345:

     Most of the people in her class, even the power tools, thought that the book was totally entrenched.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:power tool

Translations

tool powered by an electric motor

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電動工具／电动工具 (diàndòng gōngjù), 电动工具 (diàndòng gōngjù)

• Finnish: sähkötyökalu
• Georgian: ელექტროხელსაწყო (elekṭroxelsac̣q̇o)
• German: Elektrogerät (de) n, Elektrowerkzeug (de) n
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• Italian: utensile elettrico m
• Polish: elektronarzędzie (pl) n
• Russian: электроприбо́р (ru) m (elektropribór)
• Ukrainian: електроприла́д m (elektroprylád)

References

• “power tool n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present