- tooled-up
- • to arm oneself, usually with improvised weapons like bottles or sticks. e.g. "There was a right ruck dahn the pub last night and then these headcases got tooled-up !".
Londonisms dictionary. 2014.
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tooled — [tu:ld] adj tooled leather has been decorated by having patterns cut into its surface … Dictionary of contemporary English
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tooled up — adj British informal having or carrying a weapon … Dictionary of contemporary English
tooled up — (slang) Carrying a weapon, esp a gun • • • Main Entry: ↑tool … Useful english dictionary
tooled — Tool Tool, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tooled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {tooling}.] 1. To shape, form, or finish with a tool. Elaborately tooled. Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster] 2. To drive, as a coach. [Slang, Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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tooled-up — adj British a. armed, issued with firearms. A term used by the underworld and the police since the early 1950s. The noun tool, denoting a firearm, is now archaic. The expression tooled up became more widely known in the later 1970s and 1980s… … Contemporary slang
tooled — adjective tooled leather has been decorated using a special tool … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
tooled — UK [tuːld] / US [tuld] adjective tooled leather has been decorated by pressing a design onto it using a special tool … English dictionary
