tom

/tษ‘m/

IPA: /T AA1 M/

noun
  1. 1

    A flat gong (without knob) that is struck with a felt-covered hammer.

noun
  1. 1

    The male of the domesticated cat.

  2. 2

    The male of the turkey.

  3. 3

    The male of the orangutan.

  4. 4

    The male of certain other animals.

  5. 5

    Prostitutes

  6. 6

    A lesbian.

  7. 7

    The jack of trumps in the card game gleek.

  8. 8

    A close-stool.

noun
  1. 1

    A small joined pair of drums, beaten with the hands.

  2. 2

    (usually as a pair) Any cylindrical drum, with no snare; part of a drum kit.

noun
  1. 1

    A tomato (the fruit).

    โ€œToms 90p a poundโ€

noun
  1. 1

    Jewellery

verb
  1. 1

    (of a black person) To act in an obsequiously servile manner toward white authority.

verb
  1. 1

    To dig out a hole below the hatch cover of a bulker and fill it with cargo or weights to aid stability.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tam-tam, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tom, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tom-tom