1. tom(n = noun.person) uncle tom - (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites;
is a kind of black, black person, blackamoor, negro, negroid
2. tom(n = noun.animal) tomcat - male cat;
is a kind of domestic cat, felis catus, felis domesticus, house cat
has particulars: gib
3. tom(n = noun.animal) gobbler, tom turkey, turkey cock - male turkey;
is a kind of meleagris gallopavo, turkey
The knave of trumps at gleek. [1913 Webster]
1. A familiar contraction of
2. The male of certain animals; -- often used adjectively or in composition; as, tom turkey, tomcat, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
tom, n. a male of various animals, esp. (in full tom-cat) a male cat.
Etymology:
abbr. of the name Thomas
long tom, peeping tom, sir tom stoppard, tom and jerry, tom bradley, tom collins, tom hanks, tom o' bedlam, tom paine, tom sawyer, tom stoppard, tom thumb, tom tom, tom turkey, tom wolfe, uncle tom
1. o(n = noun.substance) atomic number 8, oxygen - a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust;
is a kind of chemical element, element, gas
has particulars: liquid oxygen, lox
2. o(n = noun.communication) - the 15th letter of the Roman alphabet;
is a kind of alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet
is a member of latin alphabet, roman alphabet
3. o(n = noun.body) group o, type o - the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens; "people with type O blood are universal donors"
is a kind of blood group, blood type
1. O, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, derives its form, value, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the Ph
2. Among the ancients, O was a mark of triple time, from the notion that the ternary, or number 3, is the most perfect of numbers, and properly expressed by a circle, the most perfect figure. [1913 Webster]
1. The letter O, or its sound. Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
2. Something shaped like the letter O; a circle or oval. Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. A cipher; zero. [1913 Webster]
"Thou art an O without a figure." [1913 Webster]
One. [1913 Webster]
An exclamation used in calling or directly addressing a person or personified object; also, as an emotional or impassioned exclamation expressing pain, grief, surprise, desire, fear, etc. [1913 Webster]
" O is frequently followed by an ellipsis and that, an in expressing a wish: “O [I wish] that Ishmael might live before thee!”
" A distinction between the use of O and oh is insisted upon by some, namely, that O should be used only in direct address to a person or personified object, and should never be followed by the exclamation point, while Oh (or oh) should be used in exclamations where no direct appeal or address to an object is made, and may be followed by the exclamation point or not, according to the nature or construction of the sentence. Some insist that oh should be used only as an interjection expressing strong feeling. The form O, however, is, it seems, the one most commonly employed for both uses by modern writers and correctors for the press. “O, I am slain!”
"For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven." [1913 Webster]
"O how love I thy law ! it is my meditation all the day." [1913 Webster]
"O for a kindling touch from that pure flame!" [1913 Webster]
"But she is in her grave, -- and oh
The difference to me!" [1913 Webster]
"Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness!" [1913 Webster]
"We should distinguish between the sign of the vocative and the emotional interjection, writing O for the former, and oh for the latter." [1913 Webster]
o, n. (also o) (pl. Os or O's)
1 the fifteenth letter of the alphabet.
2 (0) nought, zero (in a sequence of numerals esp. when spoken).
3 a human blood type of the ABO system.
o, abbr. (also O.) Old.
o, symb. Chem. the element oxygen.
o, int.
1 var. of OH(1).
2 prefixed to a name in the vocative (O God).
Etymology:
ME, natural excl.
N security, guaranty, guarantee, gage, warranty, bond, tie, pledge, plight, mortgage, collateral, debenture, hypothecation, bill of sale, lien, pawn, pignoration, real security, vadium, stake, deposit, earnest, handsel, caution, promissory note, bill, bill of exchange, I, O, U, personal security, covenant, specialty, parole, acceptance, indorsement, signature, execution, stamp, seal, sponsor, cosponsor, sponsion, sponsorship, surety, bail, mainpernor, hostage, godchild, godfather, godmother, recognizance, deed of indemnity, covenant of indemnity, authentication, verification, warrant, certificate, voucher, docket, doquet, record, probate, attested copy, receipt, acquittance, quittance, discharge, release, muniment, title deed, instrument, deed, deed poll, assurance, indenture, charter, charter poll, paper, parchment, settlement, will, testament, last will and testament, codicil, bonis avibus, gone where the woodbine twineth.
group o, i o u, letter o, o level, o ring, penicillin o, type o
1. bedlam(n = noun.state) chaos, pandemonium, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness - a state of extreme confusion and disorder;
is a kind of confusion
has particulars: balagan
2. bedlam(n = noun.artifact) booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit - pejorative terms for an insane asylum;
is a kind of asylum, insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital
1. A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse. Abp. Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
2. An insane person; a lunatic; a madman. [1913 Webster]
"Let's get the bedlam to lead him." [1913 Webster]
3. Any place where uproar and confusion prevail. [1913 Webster]
Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse. Shak. [1913 Webster]
bedlam, n.
1 a scene of uproar and confusion (the traffic was bedlam).
2 archaic a madhouse; an asylum.
Etymology:
hospital of St Mary of Bethlehem in London
N disorder, derangement, irregularity, anomaly, anarchy, anarchism, want of method, untidiness, disunion, discord, confusion, confusedness, mishmash, mix, disarray, jumble, huddle, litter, lumber, cahotage, farrago, mess, mash, muddle, muss, hash, hodgepodge, hotch-potch, hotch-pot, imbroglio, chaos, omnium gatherum, medley, mere mixture, fortuitous concourse of atoms, disjecta membra, rudis indigestaque moles, complexity, turmoil, ferment, to-do, trouble, pudder, pother, row, rumble, disturbance, hubbub, convulsion, tumult, uproar, revolution, riot, rumpus, stour, scramble, brawl, fracas, rhubarb, fight, free-for-all, row, ruction, rumpus, embroilment, melee, spill and pelt, rough and tumble, whirlwind, bear garden, Babel, Saturnalia, donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair, confusion worse confounded, most admired disorder, concordia discors, Bedlam, all hell broke loose, bull in a china shop, all the fat in the fire, diable a' quatre, Devil to pay, pretty kettle of fish, pretty piece of work, pretty piece of business, disorderly person, disorderly persons offence, misdemeanor, slattern, slut (libertine), disorderly, orderless, out of order, out of place, out of gear, irregular, desultory, anomalous, acephalous, deranged, aimless, disorganized, straggling, unmethodical, immethodical, unsymmetric, unsystematic, untidy, slovenly, dislocated, out of sorts, promiscuous, indiscriminate, chaotic, anarchical, unarranged &c (arrange), confused, deranged, topsy-turvy, shapeless, disjointed, out of joint, troublous, riotous, complex, irregularly, by fits, by fits and snatches, by fits and starts, pellmell, higgledy-piggledy, helter-skelter, harum-scarum, in a ferment, at sixes and sevens, at cross-purposes, upside down, the cart before the horse, hysteron proteron, chaos is come again, the wreck of matter and the crush of worlds.