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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.