tom

IPA: tˈɑm

noun

  • 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.]

verb

  • (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.
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Examples of "tom" in Sentences

  • Tom is definitely the accomplice.
  • She has a tom and two female cats.
  • The women celebrated Tom's birthday.
  • The anchor of the ship then traps Tom.
  • Tom and May prepare the stall and bicker.
  • Tom is also skittish and easily frightened.
  • The baby then playfully bonks Tom on the head.
  • Tom enters to the stage to rapturous applause.
  • Tom sneaks into the kitchen to the refrigerator.
  • Tom Hooper, used his camera to spellbind us and perfectly cast his two male leads.

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