Dictionary entry

Tom

Pronunciation: /tɒm/

Pronunciation

/tɒm/

Myanmar Meaning

ကြောင်ထီး။

Definition

Tom /tɒm/ n ❏ any/ every Tom, Dick and Harry [ IDM ] ( usu derog ) လူေပါက္ေသာက္။ ေတြ႕ကရာလူ။ ငေဆြး။ ငေပြး။ We don't want any Tom, Dick and Harry using the club bar. tom /tɒm/ n = TOM-CAT

Examples

  1. ‘And spaying for females is the same: they remove the whole plumbing system to keep the animal from going into heat and attracting toms and annoying its owner.’
  2. ‘Some male wildcats mate with domestic females
  3. but the half-breeds rarely survive either because the wild tom returns to kill the kittens as soon as they are born
  4. or householders distrusting their untameable reputation do the same.’
  5. ‘The resulting difference in size between males
  6. or toms
  7. and females
  8. or hens
  9. requires producers to rely solely on artificial insemination for reproduction.’
  10. ‘In the same week a ginger tom called Bat was accused of attacking postmen in Kent.’
  11. ‘The kittens would follow the tom around and when we trapped the last one of them he cried at our door for two days.’
  12. ‘There are tabbies and toms in white
  13. black
  14. grey and ginger.’
  15. ‘I donate financially
  16. and have purchased two rescued cats (one adult tom
  17. and one kitten) from you.’
  18. ‘If the problem is hormone related then neutering is usually an effective solution
  19. especially with troublesome toms!’
  20. ‘The tom met with an unfortunate accident - sadly after I chased him out of the house he bolted in front of a car.’
  21. ‘While hens usually travel together
  22. toms roam either in separate flocks or alone.’
  23. ‘The four-year-old ginger tom moved to the town with owner Sara in January.’
  24. ‘Fritz is a ginger tom of nine and a half months.’
  25. ‘Susie took up with a local tom and had a litter of two
  26. a male and a female.’
  27. ‘While the tabby slumped down to mew her pain the tom rampaged among the females and the other nestlings
  28. tearing throats
  29. breaking knees and elbows
  30. and tossing the smaller ones against the closet wall.’
  31. ‘You will find that the tom will stop spraying his smelly urine to mark his territory.’
  32. ‘The hens would be in the low teens
  33. 16 or 17 pounds
  34. and the toms would dress out at 28 pounds.’
  35. ‘I took off my headphones and listened as he asked
  36. ‘Are you tomming tonight?’’
  37. ‘There's only one thing that will revive the toms
  38. courgettes
  39. rocket
  40. spinach and fennel - pelletised chicken manure.’
  41. ‘A topping of onion marmalade
  42. reasonable toms and fresh
  43. herby ricotta couldn't rescue it.’
  44. ‘Liquidise ripe toms with red onion
  45. cucumber
  46. red pepper
  47. extra virgin olive oil
  48. sherry or balsamic vinegar and chill to let the flavours develop.’