Definition of "tom"

tom¹

/tɒm/

noun
plural toms
1. The intact male of the domesticated cat.
2. The male of the turkey.
3. The male of the orangutan.
4. The male of certain other animals.
5. (UK, slang, dated) A female prostitute.
6. (US, slang) A lesbian.
7. (music) Clipping of tom-tom.
8. (obsolete) The jack of trumps in the card game gleek.
9. (UK, regional, obsolete) A close-stool.

tom²

/tɒm/

noun
plural toms
1. (Britain, greengrocers' slang) A tomato (the fruit).
  Quotations
  “I'd like sausage, eggs, bacon, toms, mushies, beans – oh, and some fried bread,” said Mike.
  2009, Mark Penny, Jonathan Penny, The Golden Pig, page 160

tom³

/tɒm/

noun
uncountable
1. (Cockney rhyming slang) jewellery

tom⁴

/tɒm/

verb
third-person singular simple present toms, present participle tomming, simple past and past participle tommed
1. (intransitive, derogatory, of a black person) To act in an obsequiously servile manner toward white authority.

tom⁵

/tɒm/

verb
third-person singular simple present toms, present participle tomming, simple past and past participle tommed
1. (nautical) To dig out a hole below the hatch cover of a bulker and fill it with cargo or weights to aid stability.