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Etymology
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.
Noun
tomcat (plural tomcats)
- A tom, an intact male cat.
- (informal) A promiscuous man.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:promiscuous man
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Verb
tomcat (third-person singular simple present tomcats, present participle tomcatting, simple past and past participle tomcatted)
- (originally US, informal, of a man) To prowl for sexual gratification.
1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 539:He would not go roaming the streets tom-catting like Mr Schick.
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