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tom
1[ tom ]
noun
- the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- a tomcat.
Tom
2[ tom ]
ToM
3abbreviation for
tom
1/ ɒ /
noun
- the male of various animals, esp the cat
- ( as modifier )
a tom turkey
- ( in combination )
a tomcat
tom
2/ ɒ /
noun
- a temporary supporting post
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of tom1
Origin of tom2
Idioms and Phrases
see every tom, dick, and harry ; peeping tom .Example Sentences
He had to just play kick and snare and toms because if you hit the cymbals they’d reverberate for 20 minutes.
During concerts, Carlos Niño may set up a bass drum and a floor tom, but his percussion is far from conventional.
The white and ginger tom cat, known as Twix, escaped from his carrier on a train traveling between Yekaterinburg and St. Petersburg on Jan. 11.
Tiravanija’s early relational pieces — offering curry and tom ka soup, sodas and beers, grass mats and pillows for weary visitors — appeared as museums increasingly promoted the politics of multiculturalism.
Bush offered a public assurance, saying, “this fine tom turkey, that he will not end up on anyone’s dinner table.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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