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{{also|tom cat}} |
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==English== |
==English== |
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===Alternative forms=== |
===Alternative forms=== |
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* {{alt|en|tom cat|tom-cat}} |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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From {{ |
From {{m|en|Tom}} + {{m|en|cat}}, popularised by ''The Life and Adventures of a Cat'' (1760), by an anonymous author, in which the male cat was called Tom. |
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===Noun=== |
===Noun=== |
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# A [[tom]] |
# A [[tom]] (male [[cat]]). |
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# {{lb|en|informal}} A [[promiscuous]] man. |
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#: {{syn|en|Thesaurus:promiscuous man}} |
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====Translations==== |
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{{trans-see|tom}} |
{{trans-see|tom}} |
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{{trans-see|promiscuous man|womanizer}} |
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===Verb=== |
===Verb=== |
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# To prowl for sexual gratification. |
# {{lb|en|originally|US|informal||of a man}} To [[prowl]] for sexual [[gratification]]. |
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=1985|author=w:Peter Carey|title=Illywhacker|publisher=Faber and Faber|year_published=2003|page=539 |
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|passage=He would not go roaming the streets '''tom-catting''' like Mr Schick.}} |
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* {{l|en|tomcat around}} |
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====See also==== |
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* {{l|en|caterwaul}} |
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* {{anagrams|en|a=acmott|Cottam}} |
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Latest revision as of 04:16, 26 May 2024
See also: tom cat
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Tom + cat, popularised by The Life and Adventures of a Cat (1760), by an anonymous author, in which the male cat was called Tom.
Noun
[edit]tomcat (plural tomcats)
- A tom (male cat).
- (informal) A promiscuous man.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:promiscuous man
Translations
[edit]tom — see tom
promiscuous man — see womanizer
Verb
[edit]tomcat (third-person singular simple present tomcats, present participle tomcatting, simple past and past participle tomcatted)
- (originally US, informal, of a man) To prowl for sexual gratification.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 539:
- He would not go roaming the streets tom-catting like Mr Schick.