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Tool pusher is a noun.
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WHAT DOES TOOL PUSHER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tool pusher

A tool pusher is an occupation within the oil drilling industry. On a land drilling rig the tool pusher may be rig manager and responsible for all operations, but on drillships and offshore oil rigs, toolpushers are department heads in charge of the drilling department and reporting to the Master or Offshore Installation Manager depending on the company - who in turn reports to a shore-based rig manager. Other department heads include the Chief Mate and Chief Engineer. Tool pushers are in charge of keeping the rig in all necessary tools, equipment, and supplies. They work closely in conjunction with the representative of the operating/exploration company in regard to the actual drilling of the well. In recent times, toolpushers also have taken on somewhat of an administrative role, as they frequently do paperwork related to the rig crew regarding payroll, benefits, and related matters. Toolpushers are also responsible for coordinating services with third party companies related to the drilling of the well. Tool pushers usually start at an entry level position and work their way up over many years.

Definition of tool pusher in the English dictionary

The definition of tool pusher in the dictionary is a foreman who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOOL PUSHER

tool
tool box
tool kit
tool maker
tool making
tool post
tool shed
tool steel
tool-less
tool-maker
tool-making
toolbag
toolbar
toolbox
toolcase
toolchest
tooled
tooled up
tooler
toolhead

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOOL PUSHER

ambusher
blusher
brusher
can crusher
crusher
drug pusher
flusher
four-flusher
garlic crusher
gusher
jawcrusher
lusher
musher
pencil pusher
penpusher
powder blusher
publisher
pusher
rusher
shusher
usher

Synonyms and antonyms of tool pusher in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «tool pusher» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOOL PUSHER

Find out the translation of tool pusher to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tool pusher from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tool pusher» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

工具推
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

herramienta de empuje
570 millions of speakers

English

tool pusher
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उपकरण ढकेलनेवाला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أداة انتهازي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

инструмент толкатель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ferramenta empurrador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টুল পুশার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

outil poussoir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Alat penolak alat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Werkzeugschieber
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ツール·プッシャー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

도구 푸셔
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alat pusher
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

công cụ đẩy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தள்ளும் கருவி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

साधन ढकलणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Alet itici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

strumento pusher
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

narzędzie popychacz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інструмент штовхач
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

instrument de împingere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ωστικό εργαλείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

instrument pusher
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

verktyg pusher
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

verktøy pusher
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tool pusher

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOOL PUSHER»

The term «tool pusher» is regularly used and occupies the 96.384 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOOL PUSHER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tool pusher

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOOL PUSHER»

Discover the use of tool pusher in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tool pusher and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Texas Monthly
Now there was only one rung left: tool pusher. When he worked his way up to that level, Ed Jones would have completed his mastery of the oil fields. If a drilling crew resembles a small combat unit in the way its members rely on each other for  ...
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Worker Deaths in Confined Spaces: A Summary of Surveillance ...
In addition, the rig supervisor (hereafter designated "supervisor") and the service rig tool pusher (hereafter designated "tool pusher") were assigned to the crew so that the supervisor could instruct the tool pusher in the assembly job ...
Thomas R. Bender, 1996
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I Said I Will
It seems that the tool pusher and a couple of the roughnecks carried me over to the tool pusher's car to take me to the hospital, however, the car wouldn't start. They then carried me to another car and I was transported to the hospital in ...
Jerry Wollaston, 2011
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Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, ...
The tool pusher 'is a drilling company employee who is similar in authority to the captain of a ship. The tool pusher supervises the drilling operations and usually lives at the drill site 24 hours a day. Each morning the tool pusher compiles the ...
Norman J. Hyne, 2001
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Searching for Medical Truths
Nonetheless, we succeeded. Rathole threw his arms around the tool pusher and thanked everyone for their grueling effort to remove the hammer. At that point the tool pusher said, “Rathole, you are fired.” Rathole calmly picked up the hammer,  ...
Oliver E. Owen, M. D., 2006
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Amish Deception
We all woke up and there was our tool pusher, which he is the man in charge of the three crews that ran the rig. In his deep, booming voice the tool pusher said, " Time to get up boys." So we did. By one o'clock, the driller, the tool pusher and I ...
David Yoder, 1992
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The Union Manifesto: A Coup Detat by the Underworld
The Tool Pusher checked his watch as he made a few entries in the drilling log book. Thereafter, he continued his Handing Over Notes to the Tool-Pusher of the arriving shift who would be on board for the next one week. Suddenly, he heard ...
Dan Esiekpe, 2009
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Roughnecks, Drillers, and Tool Pushers: Thirty-three Years ...
The Rig 2 driller got the answering service and told them that he had trouble and needed to talk to his tool pusher. In just a few minutes, John, the tool pusher, came on the air. He was talking from his car, and it hadn't warmed up yet, because ...
Gerald Lynch, 2010
9
Calf's Head & Union Tale: Labor Yarns at Work and Play
On the rig, roughnecks (ordinary hands) distinguish the tool pusher (foreman in charge) from the derrick man or monkey man (who stands on an overhead platform to handle hoisted drill pipe sections). Other roughnecks on the drilling platform ...
Archie Green, 1996
10
Gamble in the Devil's Chalk
Holloway drove back to the Burttschell and wandered through the rain until he found his the tool pusher. He spit out the words exactly as he had heard and read them. Didn't know what they meant. But he had them all in the right order.
Caleb Pirtle, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOOL PUSHER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tool pusher is used in the context of the following news items.
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Details emerge in fatal rig collapse
Michael Brown, identified as a tool pusher for Basic, was also critically injured and flown to a hospital. His current condition was not known, but his injuries were ... «Upstream Online, Jul 15»
2
Texas oilman made Aztec oil and gas company possible
Many of the vehicles and trucks were "rigged up" by French Tool and Supply in ... on when the Sandels started Aztec Well as a tool pusher and rig manager. «Farmington Daily Times, Jul 15»
3
Matthew McConaughey's Brother Just Got a TV Show
Rooster has two IMDB credits—as a "tool pusher" in McConaughey's 1998 film The Newton Boys and a star of the short-lived reality series Black Gold. Now ... «Vanity Fair, Jun 15»
4
Family struggles, producers hopeful
Her husband, Jimmy, was a tool pusher for Mercer Well Service making a good living. Angie said for the first two months after the drop in oil price, her husband ... «Jack County Herald, Apr 15»
5
Victims of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill remembered
By 2010, the Bay City, Texas , man had risen to senior tool pusher, akin to a foreman on a construction site. Anderson was transferring to another rig, and went ... «Hattiesburg American, Apr 15»
6
Short portraits of 11 who died on the Deepwater Horizon
By 2010, the Bay City, Texas, man had risen to senior tool pusher, akin to a foreman on a construction site. Anderson was transferring to another rig, and went ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
7
Fracking: 27 tons of dirty, radioactive socks per day
Pusher: Short for "tool pusher"-- the boss on a rig, the guy who keeps everything moving. Dope: Also known as "pipe dope"-- goop that lubricates the threads ... «Marketplace.org, Mar 14»
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A year in North Dakota: Stories of people and change
“When the days are going good, I ain't got a whole lot to do and might even take a nap,” the tool pusher says. “When days are going bad, I can be up for three ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jan 14»
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Wildcatting the edges of the Eagle Ford
Chris Graham, the tool pusher in charge of the drilling rig, rubs his eyes. He sleeps with his trailer door cracked open to listen to the rig, but the overnight crew is ... «San Antonio Express, Feb 13»
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Eagle Fords calling card: Help wanted
“The only thing I can compare this to is the drilling boom in the 1940s and '50s,” said South Texas educator Glynis Holm Strause, whose father was a tool pusher ... «FuelFix, May 11»

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