• Tom

    Pronunciation

    • British IPA: /tÉ’m/
    • US IPA: /tÉ‘m/
    • Rhymes: -É’m

    Origin 1

    From generic use of the proper name Tom.

    Full definition of tom

    Noun

    tom

    (plural toms)
    1. The male of the domesticated cat.
    2. The male of the turkey.
    3. The male of certain other animals.
    4. (British, slang) A prostitute.
    5. (music) A type of drum.
    6. (obsolete) The jack of trumps in the card game gleek.

    Synonyms

    Origin 2

    Shortened from tomato

    Noun

    tom

    (plural toms)
    1. (British, greengrocers' slang) A tomato the fruit.Toms 90p a pound

    Origin 3

    Rhyming slang from tomfoolery.

    Noun

    tom

    (uncountable)
    1. (Cockney rhyming slang) jewellery

    Origin 4

    From Uncle Tom.

    Verb

    1. (intransitive, derogatory, of a black person) To act in an obsequiously servile manner toward white authority.

    Origin 5

    Verb

    1. (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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