tomcat

[tom-kat]

noun

1. a male cat.

2. Slang.,  a woman-chaser.

verb (used without object)

tomcatted, tomcatting 

1. Slang.,  (of a man) to pursue women in order to make sexual conquests (often followed byaround ).

   He tomcatted around before settling down.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tomcat¹

1750–60; Tom + cat ( def. )

Example Sentences

A group of tomcats were there, lurking in the shadows.

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It would be pretty easy to guess that Garfield was a tomcat even if you didn’t know his name—or didn’t want to peek under his tail.

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The curious calico and her orange tomcat friend, Monu, had recently been sterilized and returned to the market.

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He had traveled out with his wife and mother-in-law from the town of Vasylivka, just across the front line, with a few belongings in plastic bags and their ginger tomcat in a pet basket.

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All the same, though there’s no reinvention of the genre here, Louder’s mesmerizing mouse proves more than a match for the assembled tomcats — all exuding machismo — with whom she must deal.

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