toolbox

A storage case for tools.

Noun

  1. A storage case for tools.
  2. A set of pre-existing routines for use in writing new programs.
  3. A set of skills or competences
    • Developing this chameleon-like skill could prove to be a very useful addition to your toolbox for winning people over – and getting ahead. - 2020 December 21, Bryan Lufkin, “How 'linguistic mirroring' can make you more...
  4. Dumbass or idiot.
    • From the get go, one can immediately tell that this kid is a fucking toolbox. - 2007, Alexander Kern, Listen! Listen, Listen, Listen, Listen, Listen!!!:
    • I've been in construction since I was dishonorably discharged by those toolboxes in the Royal Guard. - 2019 October 29, Brawny Buck, “A Buck to the Face: A Royal Problem”, in YouTube, spoken by Buck Wild:

Origin

From tool + box.

Forms

toolboxes

Hypernyms

box

Related

toolset toolkit tool chest

Derived

a few spanners short of a tool box