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Tom T0255800 (tŏm)n. Offensive An Uncle Tom.
tom 1 T0255800 (tŏm)n. The male of various animals, especially a male cat or turkey.
[Tom, nickname for Thomas.]
tom 2 T0255800 (tŏm)n. See tom-tom.tom (tɒm) n (Zoology) a. the male of various animals, esp the catb. (as modifier): a tom turkey. c. (in combination): a tomcat. [C16: special use of the shortened form of Thomas, applied to any male, often implying a common or ordinary type of person, etc]
tom (tɒm) nAustral and NZ a temporary supporting post[from a specialized use of tom1]tom (tɒm)
n. 1. the male of various animals, as the turkey. 2. a tomcat. [1755–65; generic use of Tom, male given name] Tom (tɒm)
n., v. Tommed, Tom•ming. Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. n. 1. Uncle Tom. v.i. 2. (often l.c.) to act like an Uncle Tom. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Tom - (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to WhitesUncle Tomderogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or somethingethnic slur - a slur on someone's race or languageBlack person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid, Black - a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) | | 2. |  tom - male cat tomcatdomestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, house cat - any domesticated member of the genus Felisgib - a castrated tomcat | | 3. |  tom - male turkey tom turkey, turkey cock, gobblerMeleagris gallopavo, turkey - large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food |
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any Tom, Dick, or HarryAny common, undistinguished person; anyone at all, indiscriminately. You don't want any Tom, Dick, or Harry coming to your performance, but then you don't want to limit the amount of business you might bring in, either. Kate's being very selective as to who gets invited to the wedding, as she doesn't want just any Tom, Dick, or Harry turning up.See also: any, harryTom, Dick, or HarryA common, undistinguished person; any manner of person, indiscriminately. (Usually in the form "(just) any Tom, Dick, or Harry.") You don't want just any Tom, Dick, or Harry coming to your performance, but then you don't want to limit the amount of business you might bring in, either. Kate's being very selective as to who gets invited to the wedding, as she doesn't want Tom, Dick, or Harry turning up.See also: harrypeeping TomA person (typically referring to a man) who secretly watches people undressing or engaging in sex without their consent. Unless you want to be a target for peeping Toms, you better get curtains for your bedroom windows soon.See also: peep, toman Uncle TomA derisive term for a black person who is submissive or servile to white people. The phrase refers to the titular faithful black servant in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. He was once a passionate activist, but he's become an Uncle Tom.See also: tom, uncleevery Tom, Dick, and HarryEvery kind of common, undistinguished person; anyone at all, indiscriminately. You don't want every Tom, Dick, and Harry coming to your performance, but then you don't want to limit the amount of business you might bring in, either. Kate's being very selective as to who gets invited to the wedding, as she doesn't want every Tom, Dick, and Harry turning up.See also: and, every, harryTom, Dick, and HarryCommon, undistinguished people; any manner of person, indiscriminately. (Usually in the form "every Tom, Dick, and Harry.") You don't want Tom, Dick, and Harry coming to your performance, but then you don't want to limit the amount of business you might bring in, either. Kate's being very selective as to who gets invited to the wedding, as she doesn't want Tom, Dick, and Harry to end up coming.See also: and, harryTom Tiddler's ground1. A children's game in which a player (dubbed "Tom Tiddler") must catch other players who try to invade or cross into their area to "steal" their "gold." I remember being kids and playing games like Tom Tiddler's round or hopscotch; nowadays, kids just sit around on their phones watching videos online.2. By extension, an area or situation in which one may make significant profits but is or might be at risk or in danger. The region has become something of a Tom Tiddler's ground for the three major countries surrounding it, each one claiming of its resources as their own. The deregulation created a Tom Tiddler's ground for corporations who exploited every avenue possible to maximize profits, though such an unstable market eventually lead to one of the largest economic crashes in history.See also: ground, tomUncle Tom Cobleigh and allAnd a large number of other people; et al. Used to indicate that a list of people is frustratingly long. An allusion to a folk song called "Widecombe Fair," the chorus of which lists a large number of people ending with "Old Uncle Tom Cobleigh and all." Sometimes spelled "Cobley." Primarily heard in UK. Everyone from the Prime Minister, the Governor of Bank of England, the Mayor of London, the Director of the International Monetary Fund to Uncle Tom Cobleigh and all convinced us that we needed these austerity measures to survive the recession, yet here we are nearly a decade later, and information comes to surface that this was all an elaborate con job.See also: all, and, tom, uncleUncle Tom Cobley and allAnd a large number of other people; et al. Used to indicate that a list of people is frustratingly long. An allusion to a folk song called "Widecombe Fair," the chorus of which lists a large number of people ending with "Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all." Sometimes spelled "Cobleigh." Primarily heard in UK. Everyone from the Prime Minister, the Governor of Bank of England, the Mayor of London, the Director of the International Monetary Fund to Uncle Tom Cobley and all convinced us that we needed these austerity measures to survive the recession, yet here we are nearly a decade later, and information comes to surface that this was all an elaborate con job.See also: all, and, tom, uncleTom SwiftyA type of wordplay in which reported speech is followed by a description that creates a pun of some sort between the two. Presently she said, "I got you this gift." "We must hurry," said Tom swiftly.See also: tom(every) Tom, Dick, and Harry and any Tom, Dick, and HarryFig. everyone, without discrimination; ordinary people. (Not necessarily males.) The golf club is very exclusive. They don't let any Tom, Dick, or Harry join. Mary's sending out very few invitations. She doesn't want every Tom, Dick, and Harry turning up.See also: and, harryevery Tom, Dick, and HarryAlso, every mother's son; every man Jack. Everyone, all ordinary individuals, as in This model should appeal to every Tom, Dick, and Harry. The use of masculine names in this way dates from Shakespeare's time (he used Tom, Dick, and Francis in 1 Henry IV), but the current one dates from the early 1800s. The two variants are largely British usage but occasionally are used in America. The first is recorded as early as 1583, whereas the second dates from the first half of the 1800s. See also: and, every, harrypeeping TomA person who secretly watches others, especially for sexual gratification; a voyeur. For example, The police caught a peeping Tom right outside their house. This expression, first recorded in 1796, alludes to the legend of the tailor Tom, the only person to watch the naked Lady Godiva as she rode by and who was struck blind for this sin. See also: peep, tomevery Tom, Dick, and Harry or every Tom, Dick, or Harry People say every Tom, Dick, and Harry or every Tom, Dick, or Harry to talk about many different people, especially people they do not think are special or important. These days, the hotel is letting in every Tom, Dick and Harry. Note: This expression is very variable, for example, any can be used instead of every, and Harriet and other names are sometimes used instead of Harry. You cannot sell a gun to any Tom Dick or Harry, can you? Any Tom, Dick or Harriet can put on a jacket and say, `I'll be a producer.' Note: All of these names used to be very common, and so they began to be used to refer to ordinary people in general. See also: and, every, harryTom, Dick, and Harry used to refer to ordinary people in general. This expression is first recorded in an 18th-century song: ‘Farewell, Tom, Dick, and Harry. Farewell, Moll, Nell, and Sue’. It is generally used in mildly derogatory contexts (he didn't want every Tom, Dick, and Harry knowing their business ) to suggest a large number of ordinary or undistinguished people.See also: and, harryTom Tiddler's ground a place where money or profit is readily made. Tom Tiddler's ground was the name of a children's game in which one of the players, named Tom Tiddler, marked out their territory by drawing a line on the ground. The other players ran over this line calling out ‘We're on Tom Tiddler's ground, picking up gold and silver’. They were then chased by Tom Tiddler and the first (or, sometimes, the last) to be caught took his or her place.See also: ground, tomUncle Tom Cobley (or Cobleigh) and all used to denote a long list of people. British informal Uncle Tom Cobley is the last of a long list of men enumerated in the ballad ‘Widdicombe Fair’, which dates from around 1800 . 1966 Guardian It seems clear that a compromise, half-way solution had equally been ruled out by Government, Opposition, economists, press, TV, Uncle Tom Cobleigh and all. See also: all, and, tom, unclea ˌPeeping ˈTom (disapproving) a person who likes to watch people secretly, especially when they are taking off their clothesIn 1040 in the English town of Coventry, Lady Godiva rode through the streets completely naked in an attempt to make her husband change his mind about forcing people to pay high taxes. In the story, only one man, Tom, watched her and he suddenly became blind.See also: Peep, tomevery/any ˌTom, ˌDick and/or ˈHarry (usually disapproving) any ordinary person; people of no special value to you: We don’t want just any Tom, Dick or Harry marrying our daughter.See also: and, any, dick, every, harryevery Tom, Dick, and HarryEveryone, including those of low social status; the common herd. Although this term dates, in slightly different form, from Shakespeare’s time (he used Tom, Dick, and Francis in Henry IV, Part 1, 2.4), the names that survived into clichédom come from the early nineteenth century, when they were quite popular. One of the earliest references in print is from the Farmer’s Almanack of 1815, although there it may have literally meant three specific individuals (“He hired Tom, Dick, and Harry, and at it they all went”). John Adams used it (1818) in its present meaning: “Tom, Dick, and Harry were not to censure them”—in other words, not just anybody had the right to censure them.See also: and, every, harrypeeping TomA person who secretly watches others, especially for sexual gratification. This term, first recorded in 1796, alludes to the legend of tailor Tom, the only one to watch the naked Lady Godiva as she rode by and who was struck blind for doing so. Many localities have “peeping Tom laws,” ordinances usually based on principles of invading privacy. The traditional peeping Tom involves a man peering through a window into a private dwelling, but today’s advanced technology may involve a spy camera, telescope, or hidden recording equipment observing someone remotely. The Athens Banner-Herald reported police were looking for a peeping Tom who spied on a fifteen-year-old girl, standing on a five-gallon bucket to peep through a crack in the girl’s mini-blinds (July 26, 2010). The British Sunday Mirror reported a case of a landlord spying on girl tenants in their bathroom via sophisticated recording equipment that taped all their actions (August 16, 1998).See also: peep, tomTom SwiftyA punning word game. Tom Swift was the hero of a series of boys' adventure books first published in 1910. Author Victor Apppleton rarely used the word “said” without adding adverbs, a style that someone turned into a word game in which punsters add adverbs that suit what Tom is saying. Classic examples of Tom Swiftys (or Swifties) are “Sesame,” said Tom openly; “I only use one herb when I cook,” said Tom sagely; and “I swallowed some of the glass from that broken window,” Tom said painfully.See also: tomTom
Tom (tôm), river, c.525 mi (840 km) long, rising in the Alatau range, S Siberian Russia. It flows N through the Kuznetsk Basin past Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo, and Tomsk into the Ob River. It is navigable from Novokuznetsk.Tom’ (in its upper course, Tomskaia Rossoshina), a river in Amur Oblast, RSFSR; a left tributary of the Zeia River (Amur River basin). The Tom’ is 433 km long and drains an area of 16,000 sq km. It rises in the Turana Range and flows through the Zeia-Bureia Lowland. It is fed primarily by rain. High water lasts from May through October. The mean flow rate near the mouth is 103 cu m per sec. The Tom’ freezes in late October or early November, and the ice breaks up in late April or early May. The city of Belogorsk is located on the river.
Tom’ a river in the Khakass Autonomous Oblast and in Kemerovo and Tomsk oblasts, RSFSR; a right tributary of the Ob’. The Tom’ is 827 km long and drains an area of 62,000 sq km. It rises on the western slopes of the Abakan Range. In its upper course the Tom’ is a mountain river; farther downstream it flows through the Kuznetsk Basin and the Western Siberian Lowland. The floodplain is up to 3 km wide, and the riverbed has many bars. The Tom’ is fed by mixed sources, mainly snow. The mean flow rate 580 km from the mouth is 650 cu m per sec, reaching a maximum of 3,960 cu m per sec. The mean flow rate at the mouth is 1,110 cu m per sec. The river freezes from October to early December, and the ice breaks up from late April to early May. The largest tributaries are the Mras-Su, the Kondoma, and the Un’ga on the left and the Usa, the Verkhniaia Ters’, the Sredniaia Ters’, the Nizhniaia Ters’, and the Taidon on the right. The river is used to float timber. The Tom’ is navigable as far as Tomsk and, during high water, as far as Novokuznetsk. The cities of Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo, and Tomsk are situated on the river. The Kuznetsk Coal Basin is located in the Tom’ River basin. shoreA piece of timber to support a wall, usually set in a diagonal or oblique position, to hold the wall in place temporarily.toma. the male of various animals, esp the cat b. (as modifier): a tom turkey LegalSeeShoreTOM
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| TOM➣Thomas | | TOM➣Tomorrow | | TOM➣Theory of Mind | | TOM➣Tokyo Otaku Mode (Tokyo, Japan) | | TOM➣Thomson Airways (various locations) | | TOM➣The Old Masters (record restoration) | | TOM➣Theory of Machines (course) | | TOM➣Tour of Missouri (road bicycle racing) | | TOM➣The Omega Man (movie) | | TOM➣Tune-O-Matic (guitar bridge) | | TOM➣Think Of Me | | TOM➣Territoires d'Outre Mer (French: Overseas Territory) | | TOM➣Technology & Operations Management (various schools) | | TOM➣Thunder over Michigan (air show) | | TOM➣The Outdoor Museum | | TOM➣Time On the Market | | TOM➣Text Object Model | | TOM➣Technical Operations Manager (BBC) | | TOM➣Top of the Mind (advertising) | | TOM➣Tome of Magic (gaming, Dungeons and Dragons) | | TOM➣Time Of Month | | TOM➣Task Order Manager | | TOM➣Target Operating Model | | TOM➣Terrestrial Organic Matter | | TOM➣Time of Menstruation | | TOM➣Atlantic Tomcod | | TOM➣Typed Object Model | | TOM➣Tigers of Memphis (University of Memphis mascot) | | TOM➣Task Order Management | | TOM➣Tricare Operations Manual (military healthcare) | | TOM➣Technical Operations Manual (various organizations) | | TOM➣Therapy Outcome Measure (efficacy indicator) | | TOM➣Task Ownership Matrix (clinical trials) | | TOM➣The Other Moderator | | TOM➣Take-Off Mass | | TOM➣Translocase of Outer Membrane | | TOM➣Target Object Map | | TOM➣Task Oriented Menu (Raptor Design Studio) | | TOM➣Task Oriented Management | | TOM➣Totally Obedient Moron (computer) | | TOM➣Transactional Object Model | | TOM➣Tunneling of Messages (GPRS) | | TOM➣Terminal Output Message | | TOM➣Total Outgassing Measurement | | TOM➣Technology Obsolescence Management | | TOM➣Telcom Operations Map (Telemanagement Forum) | | TOM➣Thru-Open-Match |
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Synonyms for Tomnoun (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to WhitesSynonymsRelated Words- derogation
- disparagement
- depreciation
- ethnic slur
- Black person
- blackamoor
- Negro
- Negroid
- Black
noun male catSynonymsRelated Words- domestic cat
- Felis catus
- Felis domesticus
- house cat
- gib
noun male turkeySynonyms- tom turkey
- turkey cock
- gobbler
Related Words- Meleagris gallopavo
- turkey
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