toom

American  

[toom] / tum /

adjective

1. empty; vacant.

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verb (used with object)

1. to empty or drain (a vessel), especially by drinking the contents.

Etymology

Origin of toom

before 900; Middle English tome (adj.), Old English tōm; cognate with Old Norse tōmr

Example Sentences

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Toom – Lebanon’s beloved garlic condiment, toom, is as versatile as it is addictive.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025

“Then that be just where the lie comes in. Why, there be scores of these lay-beds that be toom as old Dun’s ’bacca-box on Friday night.”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

"When northern blasts the ocean snurl, And gars the heights and hows look gurl, Then left about the bumper whirl, And toom the horn; Grip fast the hours which hasty hurl, The morn's the morn."

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

They may have given the hint of a toom larder by serving a dish of spurs on the board.

From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John

Bless the miller—wha often, wi' heart and good-will, Fills the widow's toom pock at the auld meal mill.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles