tom - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

Forum API

- See Also:
- - tolerant
  - tolerate
  - toll
  - toll bridge
  - toll gate
  - toll plaza
  - tollbooth
  - Toltec
  - tolu
  - toluene
  - tom
  - Tom Collins
  - tom thumb
  - tom-tom
  - Tom, Dick, and Harry
  - tomahawk
  - tomatillo
  - tomato
  - tomb
  - tombola
  - tombolo
- Settings:
- - Click on word:
    gets translation
    does nothing
- - Recent searches:
    - Save history
    - View All
- Links:
- WR Random Word:
- Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!

tom

in Spanish | in French | in Italian | English synonyms | in context | images

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tom/tɒm/

▶noun

1 the male of various animals, especially a domestic cat.

2 Brit. informal a female prostitute.

▶verb (toms, tomming, tommed) informal

1 (be tomming) Brit. work as a prostitute.

2 US (of a black person) behave in an excessively obedient or servile way.

– origin ME (denoting an ordinary man): abbrev. of the given name Thomas; sense 2 of the verb is from Uncle Tom.

'tom' also found in these Oxford entries:

nosy parker - peeping Tom - radical chic - tam-tam - taser - Tom Collins - Tom, Dick, and Harry - tom thumb - tom-tom - Uncle Tom

Forum discussions with the word(s) "tom" in the title:

_ clever/intelligent child as Tom is
(?) Mr. Green will praise Tom much more than Miss White will Mary.
"The closet was slid into by Tom.
Bill is as tall as Tom. Are Bill and Tom tall?
Conditional: If Tom <were in London now, was in London yesterday> ...
Do you know ( ) Tom did in the exam?
Gerund, possessive: ... imagine Tom’s being told ...
handkerchief-head Uncle Tom
He is so Tom Cruise.
How smart is Tom ?
I saw a completely different side to Tom
I saw Tom (as he was) <verbing>
I talked seriously Tom out of playing cards.
I think Tom is the criminal.
I walked in our garden, 'when' Tom and Jim were ....
I'd like to eat 17 cakes, Tom agreed.
If Tom would tell me what he wants...
In <the?> first place was Tom ....
John wrote, "Jane said, "Tom is handsome.".".(direct)
Mary is heavier than Tom is tall.
Master Tom.
My best friend is Tom
Next to Tom is/am I
No one told Tom about there being a meeting...
Possessive - My brother's Tom the doctor car.
Possessive - Tom and Bob's parents, Tom's and Bob's parents?
possessive : tom and catherine's language
Relative pronouns - Tom is the very man <that, who, whom, blank> I have wanted to see
She told me, "I like Tom."
Sore Toe - Tom Sawyer
more...

Ask in the forums yourself.Visit the English Only Forum.

Look up "tom" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "tom" at dictionary.com

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Download free Android and iPhone apps

Android App

iPhone App

Report an inappropriate ad.