Dictionaries:
tom:
1. Slang term for a lesbian .2. C19 th colloquialism, said of and by men, for copulation .
3. British police slang since the 1930s for a prostitute , especially one overly assertive or aggressive. See prostitute for synonyms. SEE ALSO: tom-patrol .
4. In Britain, to carry out prostitution . See prostitution for synonyms.
See Also: adultery, adventuress, anal intercourse, anal-genital intercourse, anogenital intercourse, butt-ugly, camp names, demimondaine, get a little, grow on, hump your fist, Jim Dog, John Thomas, John Tom, keek, panties, Peeping Tom, pillcock, pillcock-hill, pillicock, pillicock-hill, pussy posse, seven year itch, skin mag, skin magazine, take-out hooker, tom, tom tits, tom-tom, Tomasina, tomato
Quotes Containing tom:
Tom Bowen (Fred Astaire) in Royal Wedding (1951): ''I always smile when I''m heartbroken .''
Jimmy (Tom Selleck) in An Innocent Man (1989): 'Marriage... the final frontier!'
Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte) to his daughters in The Prince of Tides (1991): - Tom: 'Now girls, have I ever told you the facts of life?' - Jennifer: 'Oh, not this again.' - Tom: 'Stay away from boys 'cause they are all disgusting, self-indulgent beasts that pee on bushes and pick their noses.'
''Tom, there''s a whole lot I don''t understand, but going away ain''t going to ease us. There was a time, when we were on the land, there was a boundary to us then. Old folks died off and little fellahs came. We was always one thing . We was the family . Kind of whole and clear. But now we ain''t clear no more. There ain''t nothing that keeps us clear. (...) We''re cracking up , Tom. There ain''t no family now.'' Ma Joad (Jane Darwell) to her son Tom (Henry Fonda) in The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Amanda Shelton (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Tom Bartlett (Sean Patrick Flanery) in Simply Irresistible (1999): - Amanda : 'My friend told me this thing about men and sex , they think about it 238 times a day.' - Tom: 'That's ridiculous, that would be about every 4 minutes... Yeah, that's about right.' - Amanda : 'I've been here 20 minutes.'
Tom Watson (Bud Abbott) and George Bell (Lou Costello) in Lost in Alaska (1952): - Tom: 'George, do you know my wife's an angel?' - George: 'You're lucky. Mine's living.'
Amanda Shelton (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Tom Bartlett (Sean Patrick Flanery) in Simply Irresistible (1999): - Amanda : ''My friend told me this thing about men and sex , they think about it 238 times a day.'' - Tom: ''That''s ridiculous, that would be about every 4 minutes... Yeah, that''s about right.'' - Amanda : ''I''ve been here 20 minutes.''
Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte) and Susan Lowenstein (Barbra Streisand) in The Prince of Tides (1991): - Tom: 'Lowenstein, I think I like adultery .' - Susan: 'That's why they made it a sin .'
Geraldine Jeffers (Claudette Colbert) leaving her husband Tom (Joel McCrea) in The Palm Beach Story (1942): - Gerry: ''I may not get married again. I might become an adventuress .'' - Tom: ''I can just see you starting for China on a twenty-six foot sailboat.'' - Gerry: ''You''re thinking of an adventurer, dear. An adventuress never goes on anything under three hundred feet with a crew of eighty.''
Amanda Shelton (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Tom Bartlett (Sean Patrick Flanery) in Simply Irresistible (1999): - Amanda : 'My friend told me this thing about men and sex , they think about it 238 times a day.' - Tom: 'That's ridiculous, that would be about every 4 minutes... Yeah, that's about right.' - Amanda : 'I've been here 20 minutes.'
Tom (Nick Nolte) and Susan (Barbra Streisand) in The Prince of Tides (1991): - Tom Wingo: 'Lowenstein, I think I like adultery .' - Susan Lowenstein: 'That's why they made it a sin .'
Tom Grunick (William Hurt) to Aaron Altman (Albert Brooks) in Broadcast News (1987): ''I like you as much as I can like anyone who thinks I''m an asshole .''
Maria Ruskin (Melanie Griffith) to Sherman McCoy (Tom Hanks) in The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990): ''You know I''m a sucker for a soft dick , Sherman .''
Gibs/Albert Gibson (Tom Arbold) in True Lies (1994): ''Kids! Ten seconds of joy, thirty years of misery.''
Tom Waits: ''I''m not weird or anything. I don''t tie myself up first .''
Tom Waits: ''I''m not weird or anything. I don''t tie myself up first .''
Michael/Dorothy (Dustin Hoffman) to Ron (Dabney Coleman) in Tootsie (1982): - Ron: ''Tootsie, take ten .'' - Dorothy: ''Ron, my name is Dorothy. It''s not Tootsie or Toots or Sweety or Honey or Doll.'' - Don: ''Oh! Christ!'' - Dorothy: ''No, just Dorothy. Now Allen is always Allen, Tom is always Tom, and John is always John. I have a name too. It''s Dorothy. Capital D , o, r, o, t, h, y. Dorothy.''
Father MacLean (Tom Skerritt) in a sermon in A River Runs Through It (1993): 'We can love completely without complete understanding.'
Gibs/Albert Gibson (Tom Arbold) in True Lies (1994): ''Kids! Ten seconds of joy, thirty years of misery.''
Joel Goodsen (Tom Cruise) in Risky Business (1983): ''It seems to me that if there were any logic to our language, trust would be a four-letter-word .''
''The man is one giant gland.'' Peter''s (Tom Selleck) opinion of Jack (Ted Danson) in 3 Men and a Baby (1987)
''The man is one giant gland.'' Peter''s (Tom Selleck) opinion of Jack (Ted Danson) in 3 Men and a Baby (1987)
The Girl (Marilyn Monroe) to Richard Sherman (Tom Ewell) in The Seven Year Itch (1955): ''You know , when it''s hot like this, you know what I do? I keep my undies in the icebox .''
Una (Lauren Tom) about her superstitious China-born mother in The Joy Luck Club (1993):''So my mom sees this miror at the foot of our bed and she says: Aie-ya! A mirror is bad luck. All the romance will hit the mirror, pooom, go back the opposite direction.''
Michael (Jeff Goldlum) and Sam (Tom Berenger) in The Big Chill (1983): - Michael: 'I don't know anyone who could get-through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations. They're more important than sex .' - Sam: 'Ah, come-on . Nothing's more important than sex .? - Michael: 'Oh, yeah? Ever gone a week without a rationalization?'
Maude (Mary Astor) flirting with Tom (Joel McCrea) in The Palm Beach Story (1942): ''You will care for me though. I grow-on people... like moss .''
Richard (Don Galloway) to Sam (Tom Berenger) and Nick (William Hurt) in The Big Chill (1983): ''The thing about kids is their instant priorities. You know you have to protect them and provide for them and sometimes it means your life isn''t exactly the way you want it to be. But you set your priorities and that''s the way life is.''
Tom Wingfield (John Malkovich) describes the ''gentleman caller'' Jim O''Connor (James Naughton) to his mother Amanda (Joanne Woodward) in The Glass Menagerie (1987):''He has rather a large nose which he compensates for by not having much of a chin.''
The Girl (Marilyn Monroe) to Richard Sherman (Tom Ewell) in The Seven Year Itch (1955): ''You know , when it''s hot like this, you know what I do? I keep my undies in the icebox .''
Pep (Tom Hanks) and Joe (Dan Aykroyd) meet the virgin Connie Swail in Dragnet (1987): - Pep Streebek: ''You''re still a virgin!?" - Joe Friday: ''My hat''s off to you, ma''am. I hope you remain that-way .''
Pep (Tom Hanks) and Joe (Dan Aykroyd) meet the virgin Connie Swail in Dragnet (1987): - Pep Streebek: ''You''re still a virgin!?" - Joe Friday: ''My hat''s off to you, ma''am. I hope you remain that-way .''
Richard (Don Galloway) to Sam (Tom Berenger) and Nick (William Hurt) in The Big Chill (1983): ''The thing about kids is their instant priorities. You know you have to protect them and provide for them and sometimes it means your life isn''t exactly the way you want it to be. But you set your priorities and that''s the way life is.''
''Teenagers, by definition, are not fit society.'' Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte) to Susan Lowenstein (Barbra Streisand) who apologized for the rude behavior of her son Bernard (Jason Gould) in The Prince of Tides (1991)
Joel Goodsen (Tom Cruise) about his business partner Lana (Rebecca DeMorney), a hooker in Risky Business (1983): ''It was great the way her mind worked. No guilt, no doubts, no fears; none of my specialties. Just the shameless pursuit of immediate gratification. What a capitalist!''
Anne Ashmond''s (Sarah Churchill) answer to Tom Bowen''s (Fred Astaire) question why she had chosen to become a dancer in Royal Wedding (1951): ''I figured that if I danced when I was happy I should be happy when I danced.''
Pool husther Vince (Tom Cruise), Carmen (Mary E. Mastrantonio) in The Color of Money (1986): - Vince: ''Carmen, I''m playing here!'' - Carmen: ''Yeah! I know! Listen, you win one more game you''re gonna be humping your fist for a long time. O .K. Vincent?''
Pep Streebek (Tom Hanks) and Joe Friday (Dan Aykroyd) make the acquaintance of the virgin Connie Swail in Dragnet (1987): - Pep: ''You''re still a virgin!?'' - Joe: ''My hat''s off to you, ma''am. I hope you remain that-way .''
Dave Mullen (Tom Parks) to his salesman Chester Lee (Rodney Dangerfield) in Ladybugs (1992): - Dave: ''Chester, you keep up the good work , this time next year you''ll have ten men under you.'' - Chester: ''Eh, Dave, can you make-it women?''
Fast Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) to Vince (Tom Cruise) in The Color of Money (1986): ''You''ve got to have two things to win . You''ge got to have brains and you''ve got to have balls . You''ve got too much of one and not enough of the other.''
Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) about the thing 'That jumped up and bit you' in Vietnam in Forrest Gump (1994): 'Hit me directly in the buttocks . They said it was a million dollar wound , but the army must keep that money because I still ain't seen a nickel of that million dollars.'
Atoon (Gedde Watanabe) about the sumo wrestlers ogling his ass , and Lawrence Bourne III (Tom Hanks) in Volunteers (1985): - Atoon: ''Don''t say nothing more. They want to use me like a woman .'' - Lawrence: ''Well, you''ll just have to show them you can take-it like a man .''
''Teenagers, by definition, are not fit society.'' Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte) to Susan Lowenstein (Barbra Streisand) who apologized for the rude behavior of her son Bernard (Jason Gould) in The Prince of Tides (1991)
Tom Wingfield (John Malkovich) describes the ''gentleman caller'' Jim O''Connor (James Naughton) to his mother Amanda (Joanne Woodward) in The Glass Menagerie (1987):''He has rather a large nose which he compensates for by not having much of a chin.''
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