 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Tom
noun
1: contemptuous name for a Black man who is abjectly servile
and deferential to Whites [syn: {Uncle Tom}]
2: male cat [syn: {tomcat}]
3: male turkey [syn: {turkey cock}, {gobbler}, {tom turkey}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tom \Tom\, noun
The knave of trumps at gleek. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tom \Tom\, noun
1. A familiar contraction of {Thomas}, a proper name of a
man.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. The male of certain animals; -- often used adjectively or
in composition; as, tom turkey, tomcat, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "tom":
Bantam, Cheshire cat, Chinchilla cat, Maltese cat, alley cat,
banty, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, billy, billy goat,
blue cat, boar, broiler, brooder, broody hen, bubbly-jock, buck,
bull, bullock, calico cat, capon, cat, chanticleer, chick,
chickabiddy, chicken, chicky, cock, cockerel, dog, domestic fowl,
drake, duck, duckling, dunghill fowl, entire, entire horse, feline,
fowl, fryer, game fowl, gander, gib, gib-cat, gobbler, goose,
gosling, grimalkin, guinea cock, guinea fowl, guinea hen, hart,
he-goat, hen, hen turkey, house cat, kit, kitling, kitten, kitty,
kitty-cat, mouser, partlet, peacock, poulard, poult, poultry,
pullet, puss, pussy, pussycat, ram, roaster, rooster, setting hen,
silver cat, spring chicken, stag, stallion, steer, stewing chicken,
stot, stud, studhorse, tabby, tabby cat, tiger cat, tom turkey,
tomcat, top cow, top horse, tortoise-shell cat, tup, turkey,
turkey gobbler, turkey-cock, wether
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tom, OK
Zip code(s): 74740
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