TOM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does tom mean? 

• TOM (noun)
  The noun TOM has 2 senses:

1. male cat

2. male turkey

  Familiarity information: TOM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Male cat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

tom; tomcat

Hypernyms ("tom" is a kind of...):

domestic cat; Felis catus; Felis domesticus; house cat (any domesticated member of the genus Felis)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tom"):

gib (a castrated tomcat)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Male turkey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

gobbler; tom; tom turkey; turkey cock

Hypernyms ("tom" is a kind of...):

Meleagris gallopavo; turkey (large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food)

 Context examples 

Tom Bertram began again—Miss Crawford must be Amelia.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Tom heard all this, and cried out, “Father, father! I am here, the wolf has swallowed me.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Tom had leaped at the sound, like a horse at the spur, but Silver had not winked an eye.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Tom Owen and his assistant, Fogo, with the help of the ring-keepers, plucked up the stakes and ropes, and carried them off across country.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The hulk of an ancient wreck burned with blue fires, in the light of which danced the hula dancers to the barbaric love- calls of the singers, who chanted to tinkling ukuleles and rumbling tom- toms.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Tom, as Cottager, was in despair.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Tom soon set himself to work to get out, which was not a very easy task; but at last, just as he had made room to get his head out, fresh ill-luck befell him.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Tom Owen and his singular assistant, Fogo, who combined the functions of prize-fighter and of poet, though, fortunately for himself, he could use his fists better than his pen, soon had the ring arranged according to the rules then in vogue.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Tom was the only one at all ready with an answer, but he being entirely without particular regard for either, without jealousy either in love or acting, could speak very handsomely of both.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Tom, however, was still not disheartened; and thinking the wolf would not dislike having some chat with him as he was going along, he called out, My good friend, I can show you a famous treat.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)