tom

IPA: tˈɑm

The intact male of the domesticated cat.
The male of the turkey.
The male of the orangutan.
The male of certain other animals.
(UK, slang, dated) A female prostitute.
(US, slang) A lesbian.
(obsolete) The jack of trumps in the card game gleek.
(UK, regional, obsolete) A close-stool.
(Britain, greengrocers' slang) A tomato (the fruit).
(Cockney rhyming slang) jewellery
A diminutive of the male given name Thomas, also used as a formal male given name.
A nickname for a common man.
(euphemistic, personification) Synonym of menstruation.
A large, deep-toned bell, or a particularly notable example of one.
(music) Clipping of tom-tom. [A small joined pair of drums, beaten with the hands.]
(uncommon) Ellipsis of Uncle Tom.. [(derogatory, ethnic slur) A black man who is servile towards white authority and accepting of white supremacy, a black race traitor.]
(euphemistic) Acronym of time of the month. [(euphemistic) Synonym of menstruation: the monthly period during which a fertile woman menstruates.]
(cytology) Acronym of Translocon on Outer Membrane.
Initialism of theory of mind. [(psychology) The ability to form an opinion about what other people are thinking.]

(intransitive, derogatory, of a black person) To act in an obsequiously servile manner toward white authority.
(nautical) To dig out a hole below the hatch cover of a bulker and fill it with cargo or weights to aid stability.

Examples of "tom" in Sentences

It seems there is no way to pull a tom from the real thing.
Payne by name on Apr 8, 2008 maybe tom is just not that exciting anymore?
Fantailed and puffed out, head glowing red, white, and blue like a neon sign, the tom is as formidable as any animal I've ever faced.
And as an add to the question on sat navs, my tom tom gives my car and tom tom speed the same at up to 30mph above that l get a discrepancy, the tom tom is always slower than the car.
As as I was putting around the apartment today, wallowing in tom kha and ginger tea, nursing my headcold, ity occurred to me that in some ways what I'm doing is trying to build a relationship.
August 17th, 2009 1: 00 pm ET tom is one ulgy. man how did you manage to get this shot of him. if you can produce a retouched, air brushed, untrue picture to create this tom, then i want the same consideration given to everyone you feature on CNN.
August 17th, 2009 12: 59 pm ET tom is one ulgy. man how did you manage to get this shot of him. if you can produce a retouched, air brushed, untrue picture to create this tom, then i want the same consideration given to everyone you feature on CNN.
December 29th, 2009 11: 35 am ET bring back tom! the man did imho a great job considering it was crisis mgmnt of the highest order. at least tom is an adult and acknowledges that the bad guys are for real and are not criminals or sociopaths. they are fanatics of the highest order, and deserve to be treated as such.