toom
Americanadjective
verb (used with object)
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 the pea's in bloom the mussel's toom.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
A kebbuck is a cheese; keek means peek; toom, empty; a besom, a broom; and soop, sweep.
From The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays by Sterling Andrus Leonard
Ye hae put a toom spune in my mouth.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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