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.

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