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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
tomcat
noun
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▪ Nellie had no idea where her friend Aggie could obtain a neutered tomcat but she had made enquiries.
▪ She was as ready for action as a tomcat with its tail up.
▪ Stardancer, an enormous, tortoiseshell tomcat, lay peacefully in my arms.
▪ The ginger tomcat glared up at her, its tail lashing furiously from side to side.
▪ The head of a philosopher on the loins of a tomcat.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tomcat

Tomcat \Tom"cat`\, n. [Tom (see Tomboy) + cat.] A male cat, especially when full grown or of large size.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
tomcat

1809, from Tom + cat (n.); probably influenced by Tom the Cat in the popular children's book "The Life and Adventures of a Cat" (1760); replaced earlier Gib-cat, from diminutive of Gilbert, though Tom was applied to male kittens c.1300. The name also is used of the males of other beasts and birds since at least 1791 (such as tom-turkey, by 1846). Also see Tibert. The verb meaning "to pursue women promiscuously for sexual gratification" is recorded from 1927. Related: Tom-catting.

Wiktionary
tomcat

n. A tom, a male cat. vb. To prowl for sexual gratification.

WordNet
tomcat

n. male cat [syn: tom]

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Tomcat

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Tomcat (game)

Tomcat was an Atari color vector game created in 1983. The game never made it beyond prototype stage. The game was a flight combat simulator that allowed a player to choose to fly a F14 Tomcat jet or helicopter and shoot down other aircraft and strafe ground targets for points. The game featured not only a fully realized hud but was the first 3D vector game ever to offer a link to another game for added game play. By the time the prototype was complete Atari shut down the vector games production and scrapped the existing projects.

Tomcat (video game)

Tomcat (also known as F14 Tomcat) is a 1989 computer game published in the UK by Players Software for a range of 8-bit home computers. The game was released on the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum ranges of computers. Tomcat was released as a budget title and was also featured on a Your Sinclair magazine cover tape.

Tomcat (2016 film)

Tomcat is a 2016 Austrian drama film directed by Händl Klaus. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Teddy Award as the best LGBT-related feature film of the festival.

The film stars as Andreas and Lukas Turtur as Stefan, a well-off gay couple in Vienna whose relationship is tested when Stefan, in an uncharacteristic sudden outburst of violent anger, kills their pet cat Moses. The film's original German title is a pun on the identical German words for (a male) cat and hangover.

Usage examples of "tomcat".

That told the LSO that he had the meatball in sight, confirmed that his aircraft was a Tomcat so that the arrestor cables could be properly adjusted for the hurtling weight of the aircraft, and that his fuel was reading five thousand pounds.

Gator stood by the half-visible airman, talking to her as she rummaged around in the guts of the hydraulics system, electrical lines, and avionics that controlled the Tomcat.

The two incoming MiGs flashed past the damaged Tomcat, hurtling toward the south before beginning a broad, sweeping turn which would bring them in behind Batman and Malibu.

Still hurtling toward the SAM, Batman rolled the Tomcat right until he was canopy down, then brought the stick back and headed for the ground.

Mister, my bobtailed, battle-scarred tomcat, had leapt up onto the stones before the fireplace, his luminous green eyes wide and fixed on Susan.

He cut his eyes toward Druery, who still flailed about against the confines of his chains, yowling and screeching like a tomcat tossed in a rain barrel.

He had compared flying the Tomcat to throwing the perfect fastball and the name had stuck.

At the same instant, Fastball broke hard to the left again, kicking in the afterburners and pitching the Tomcat into an almost vertical climb.

The last two miles behind the carrier were a critical time during which Fastball lined up with the carrier, shot his approach, and eased 60,000 pounds of Tomcat down gently onto the deck in a controlled crash.

Even though they were flown by considerably less capable pilots than those whom he had fought back in the States, Fastball was glad the Tomcats were staying clear of the fray.

He still was the ugliest tomcat Mitchella had ever seen, scarred from a thousand fights.

Leslie Oker was about as impulsive as a two-toed sloth, and rather less effeminate than a tomcat.

The Tomcat seemed to crouch, gathering strength as its two engines ripped the night apart.

On the instant of their appearance they leaped, emitting squalling, spitting squeals that were like the cries of fighting tomcats ten thousand times magnified.

They flew in tight groups of four aircraft, three F-14 Tomcats protecting each Prowler, and as they penetrated Albanian airspace, they spread a blizzard of fierce electronic snow that jammed every radar from the airport at Tiran south to Berat.