tom, tomcat
(noun) male cat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Tom
A diminutive of the male given name Thomas, also used as a formal male given name.
A nickname for the common man. [since 1377]
Possibly onomatopoeia, conflated with the given name, given the practice of giving objects such as Big Ben human names. Alternatively, it may derive from an inscription on the old bell used as metal to make the Great Tom of Oxford in 1680: In Thomæ laude resono bim bom sine fraude.
Tom
A large, deep-toned bell, or a particularly notable example of one. [since 17th century]
• MOT, Mot, OMT, OTM, TMO, mot
From generic use of the proper name Tom.
tom (plural toms)
The male of the domesticated cat.
The male of the turkey.
The male of the orangutan.
The male of certain other animals.
(British, slang) prostitutes
(US, slang) A lesbian.
(music) Clipping of tom-tom.
(obsolete) The jack of trumps in the card game gleek.
(UK, regional, obsolete) A close-stool.
• (male cat): tomcat, he-cat
• (male turkey): turkey-cock
• (male of other animals): male
• (prostitute): See also prostitute
tom (plural toms)
(British, greengrocers' slang) A tomato (the fruit).
tom (uncountable)
(Cockney rhyming slang) jewellery
tom (third-person singular simple present toms, present participle tomming, simple past and past participle tommed)
(intransitive, derogatory, of a black person) To act in an obsequiously servile manner toward white authority.
tom (third-person singular simple present toms, present participle tomming, simple past and past participle tommed)
(nautical) To dig out a hole below the hatch cover of a bulker and fill it with cargo or weights to aid stability.
• MOT, Mot, OMT, OTM, TMO, mot
Source: Wiktionary
Tom, n.
Definition: The knave of trumps at gleek. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 January 2025
(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
