Tom

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  • noun. The male of various animals, especially a male cat or turkey.
  • noun. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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used in gold-washing, first in the southern Atlantic States, and later in California, where, however, it was soon superseded by the sluice.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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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 type of drum.
  • noun. The jack of trumps in the card game gleek.
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  • noun. (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites
  • noun. male turkey
  • noun. male cat
  • Word Usage
    "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."
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    tomboy  tomcat  
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    Bomb  Dom  Fromm  Guam  Islam  
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