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PRONUNCIATION OF TOMCATTING

tomcatting  [ˈtɒmˌkætɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOMCATTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tomcatting is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TOMCATTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tomcatting in the English dictionary

The definition of tomcatting in the dictionary is the practice of being sexually promiscuous or having many sexual partners.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOMCATTING


batting
ˈbætɪŋ
blatting
ˈblætɪŋ
catting
ˈkætɪŋ
chatting
ˈtʃætɪŋ
flatting
ˈflætɪŋ
formatting
ˈfɔːmætɪŋ
hatting
ˈhætɪŋ
high-hatting
ˈhaɪˌhætɪŋ
matting
ˈmætɪŋ
patting
ˈpætɪŋ
photostatting
ˈfəʊtəʊˌstætɪŋ
platting
ˈplætɪŋ
slatting
ˈslætɪŋ
spatting
ˈspætɪŋ
tatting
ˈtætɪŋ
wildcatting
ˈwaɪldˌkætɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOMCATTING

tombola
tombolo
Tombouctou
tomboy
tomboyish
tomboyishly
tomboyishness
tombstone
tombstoning
tomcat
tomcod
tome
tomenta
tomentose
tomentous
tomentum
tomfool
tomfooleries
tomfoolery
tomfoolish

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOMCATTING

acting
admitting
betting
committing
cutting
emitting
fitting
knitting
letting
permitting
plotting
putting
resetting
setting
sitting
spitting
splitting
spotting
submitting
transmitting
upsetting

Synonyms and antonyms of tomcatting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tomcatting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOMCATTING

Find out the translation of tomcatting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tomcatting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tomcatting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

tomcatting
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tomcatting
570 millions of speakers

English

tomcatting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tomcatting
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tomcatting
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

tomcatting
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tomcatting
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tomcatting
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tomcatting
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tomcatting
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tomcatting
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tomcatting
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tomcatting
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tomcatting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tomcatting
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tomcatting
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टोमॅटोटिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tomcatting
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mandrilli
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tomcatting
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

tomcatting
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tomcatting
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tomcatting
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tomcatting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tomcatting
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tomcatting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tomcatting

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOMCATTING»

The term «tomcatting» is barely ever used and occupies the 200.787 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of tomcatting
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «tomcatting».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOMCATTING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tomcatting» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tomcatting» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tomcatting

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOMCATTING»

Discover the use of tomcatting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tomcatting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Debbie Doesn't Do It Anymore: A Novel
In this scorching, mournful, often explicit, and never less than moving literary novel by the famed creator of the Easy Rawlins series, Debbie Dare, a black porn queen, has to come to terms with her sordid life in the adult entertainment ...
Walter Mosley, 2014
2
Funny Stories
Zack's pet cat pays the price for tomcatting around.
Alan Durant, Alex Stewart, Julia Williams, 2010
3
Silver Falls
“Sheriff Bannister isn't interested in your brother's tomcatting ways, David,” Stephen Henry said. Rachel looked over at Caleb, who simply looked back at her , unperturbed. “Caleb's tomcatting ways have absolutely nothing to do with me,” she ...
Anne Stuart, 2012
4
Annotations to William Faulkner's The Hamlet
Ratliff casts his "tomcatting's heyday" into the past. while Vamer is still sexually active. Ratliff is a bachelor who lives with his widowed sister. while Vamer is the married father of sixteen. Yet. at some level. they share common assumptions ...
Catherine D. Holmes, 1996
5
Writing Her Own Life: Imogene Welch, Western Rural Schoolteacher
Stopped to see Daisy on the way home. October 1 7: Tried to learn to knit again this P.M. Got it all ripped out Si^knit on thefirst row. Daisy's sister came out then. I went for Bernita [to go tomcatting]. October 1 8: We decided it [tomcatting] was not  ...
Mary Clearman Blew, Imogene Welch, 2004
6
The Curmudgeon Woman
c. ontinence is a habit more compelling than tomcatting. Enough tomcatting sooner or later acts as its own cure. Continence does not cure continence. There are more reformed rakes than reformed celibates. — Jessamyn West jtie ...
Nancy Henley, Jacqueline Desire Goodchilds, 2000
7
Dictionary of Euphemisms
... A lady So fair. . . to be partner'd With tomboys. (Shakespeare, Cymbeline) Today it means no more than a girl who enjoys the athletic and other traditional pursuits of a boy. tomcatting ] toss down 382 tomcatting sexual excess The reference.
R. W. Holder, 2008
8
The Sheriff Kill
Only one human being could have gotten Kiowa Smith to quit his drifting ways - Paddy Burke, the tomcatting hombre who offered to partner Kiowa on a new ranch outside the town of Galilee, Kansas.
Jack Curtis, 2005
9
All the King's Men
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Robert Penn Warren’s tale of ambition and power set in the Depression–era South is widely considered the finest novel ever written about American politics.
Robert Penn Warren, 1996
10
Lady in Green
“Looks to me instead like the tomcatting is killing you, creeping down alleys and over windowsills. What you need is an establishment of your 77 OWII . The earl resented his friend's inference that he needed taking care of. “Have you forgotten  ...
Barbara Metzger, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOMCATTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tomcatting is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Country Song review (QPAC Brisbane)
He doesn't drink or gamble or go out tomcatting at night; in fact, he's almost too good to be true. Other actors play boxer-turned-singer, Lionel Rose (Tibian Wyles ... «Daily Review, Jul 15»
2
Aliens vs. Titanic and Monster-Zilla Trailers Come TomCatting In
Once upon a time The Asylum was the king of the mockbuster. According to Vice Magazine, that title now belongs to Ted Chalmers and his company, TomCat ... «Dread Central, Nov 14»
3
Book World: Mary Beard's “Laughter in Ancient Rome” reveals …
Aha, thought the new king, that Pop, always tomcatting around. So he asked: “Say, did your mother ever work at the palace?” “No,” replied the look-alike, “but my ... «Washington Post, Sep 14»
4
Here Is Your Rick Perry Mugshot And All The Other Great Ones Too
We remember you from that episode of Cops where you got busted for throwing empty paint cans at your husband Cletus after you caught him tomcatting around ... «Wonkette, Aug 14»
5
Being a father changes a man's outlook for the better
He'll tend to spend less time staying out late, tomcatting around with his buddies, and more time trying to be a regular citizen and a good guy. Many studies have ... «Deseret News, Jun 14»
6
FBI Releases File On Former Metra Boss Phil Pagano
... as a survivor's benefit), revealed Pagano was supporting two other homes besides his own; the FBI documents reveal the extent of Pagano's tomcatting ways. «Chicagoist, Apr 14»
7
How Does a Gentleman Keep Both His Wife and His Mistress Happy?
... to prescribe a specific dollar amount, but the sum must glaze her scorn-washed eyes so that she looks the other way from all but the most rabid tomcatting and, ... «Slate Magazine, Feb 14»
8
Style counts more than words in 'Glass Menagerie'
Deftly walking the thin line between angry frustration and subtle camp mannerisms, his Tom — the playwright's stand-in — is likely gay, tomcatting in bars when ... «New York Post, Sep 13»
9
Weekend Songs: Bob Seger, 'Lucifer'
The lyrics, meanwhile, are a classic slice of rock 'n' roll tomcatting. The song's protagonist talks about “wastin' time and drinkin' wine” while “checkin' all the hen ... «Ultimate Classic Rock, Aug 13»
10
'Ball Four': The Book That Changed Baseball
But he became famous, or notorious, for Ball Four, a memoir that described the petty jealousies on the team, as well as camaraderie, raucous tomcatting, ... «WBUR, Apr 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Tomcatting [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tomcatting>. Apr 2024 ».
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