Tomboy Definition

tŏmboi
tomboys
noun
tomboys
A girl who behaves or plays like an active boy.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Tomboy

Noun

Singular:
tomboy
Plural:
tomboys

Origin of Tomboy

  • First attested in 1553 when it originally meant a “boisterous boy", later in 1579 when it came to mean an “immodest woman", and then finally in 1592 it developed its modern meaning of a “girl who acts like a boy"; from Tom, familiar form of Thomas + boy, “male child".

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Tomboy Sentence Examples

  • If you are a fan who has read the books as well as seen the movie, you know that in the book she is described as a tomboy kind of girl for most of the story.

  • Another famous mare was Manganese (1853) by Birdcatcher from Moonbeam by Tomboy from Lunatic by the Prime Minister from Maniac by Shuttle.

  • She plays a tomboy who thinks she is in love with Lt Danny Gilmartin, well played by Stephen Brennan.

  • His childhood tomboy i thought that million first prize.

  • Feisty tomboy Sara begins to put soccer aside as she develops a close friendship with her classmate Samir.

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Words Starting With

TTOTOM

Words Ending With

YOYBOY

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With T and Ending With Y

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With T6 Letter Words Ending With Y