tomcat

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noun

The definition of a tomcat is a male cat.

An example of a tomcat is a sexually active male cat.

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tomcat

a male cat

Origin of tomcat

see Tom

intransitive verb

-·cat·ted, -·cat·ting

Slang to be sexually promiscuous: said of a man

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tomcat

noun

A male cat.

intransitive verb

tom·cat·ted, tom·cat·ting, tom·cats Slang

To be sexually active with more than one partner. Used of men.

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Noun

(plural tomcats)

A tom, a male cat.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present tomcats, present participle tomcatting, simple past and past participle tomcatted)

To prowl for sexual gratification.

Origin

From Tom + cat, popularised by The Life and Adventures of a Cat (1760), by an anonymous author, in which the male cat was called Tom.

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tomcat - Computer Definition

A popular Java servlet container from the Apache Jakarta project. Tomcat uses the Jasper converter to turn JSPs into servlets for execution. Tomcat is widely used with the JBoss application server. For more information, visit http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat. See Jakarta and JBoss.

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