retooling

retooling

English

Etymology

From retool +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹiːˈtuːlɪŋ/

Verb

retooling

  1. present participle and gerund of retool

Noun

retooling (plural retoolings)

  1. The fact or process of re-equipping or modifying something.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 258:
      the Physiocrats' emphasis on breaking the shackles under which the economy was labouring appealed to the duke, whose retooling of the state presupposed a reinvigoration of the economy which would allow the government to go to war without bringing the country to penury.

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English retooling.

Noun

retooling (plural retooling-retooling)

  1. (dated) retooling (adjustment, rebuilding, optimalisation)