Tom

Word TOM
Character 3
Hyphenation tom
Pronunciations /tɒm/

Definitions and meanings of "Tom"

What do we mean by tom?

The male of various animals, especially a male cat or turkey. noun

A Middle English form of toom. noun

An abbreviation of tome (volume). noun

A familiar form of the common Christian name Thomas. noun

Used, like jack, attributively or in composition with the name of an animal, a male: as, a tom-cat; hence, as a noun, a male; specifically, a male cat. noun

The knave of trumps at gleek. noun

A close-stool. noun

A machine formerly used in gold-washing, first in the southern Atlantic States, and later in California, where, however, it was soon superseded by the sluice. noun

Same as def. 5, above. noun

A kind of large pitcher or water-can in use in England in the early part of the nineteenth century. noun

The knave of trumps at gleek. noun

A familiar contraction of Thomas, a proper name of a man. noun

The male of certain animals; -- often used adjectively or in composition noun

A tomato (the fruit). noun

Jewellery noun

The male of the domesticated cat. noun

The male of the turkey. noun

The male of certain other animals. noun

A prostitute. noun

A flat gong (without knob) that is struck with a felt-covered hammer.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Tom

The word "tom" in example sentences

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. ❋ E. Donnall Thomas Jr. (2004)

It seems there is no way to pull a tom from the real thing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Payne by name on Apr 8, 2008 maybe tom is just not that exciting anymore? ❋ Unknown (2008)

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. ❋ Matociquala (2008)

I think that PA and WV will vote for Rove for VICE … … …. again tom ❋ Unknown (2008)

And when those suckers start banging on trees the whole woods echoes like injuns beatin tom-toms. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Last spring, I yelped up a Wisconsin tom that strode along one side of a ridgetop as I called from the other. ❋ Unknown (2007)

We teach gender performativity from birth and little girls that are slow to assimilate are often referred to as tom boys. ❋ Renee (2009)

Are you kidding me tom is a great actor and lois lane is the best on smallvillle besides lana lang, yall aint no smallville fans!! ❋ Unknown (2007)

But if he's in astrutting zone and the tom is going to pass by out of range, a few soft purrsand clucks — just enough to let the tom know where the new "hen" is — mayfinally bring the stubborn bird down. ❋ Unknown (2006)

June 12th, 2006 at 4: 37 pm freeman says: hey aprodite the neocons writing for the PNAC telegraphed pre 911 that it was their expreesed intention to invade the mid east and essentially all of the Bush administations cabinet are signatories. (a war crime) according to the geneva conventions and you find it hard to believe that tiny tom is disingenuous. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Instead, only call enoughwhen the tom is roosted to let him know where you are, then go silent until youhear him fly down. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The tom is focused on the caller's location, and if it pulls up short, it often will be in the bead of the gunner. ❋ Unknown (2005)

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