tomcat

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Recent Examples of tomcat To a tomcat being stroked in the crook of an unidentified elbow. Andrew Tobias, Vulture, 7 July 2025 As an actor, Branagh has a voice that’s high, excitable, and light, and his physicality possesses a tomcat sneakiness. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024 Photo: Mattel and Netflix If Ryan’s tomcat vapidity represents a stereotypical male weakness, Raquelle’s backstabbing materialism plays with its female equivalent. Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024 The tomcat had been spotted wandering with a wound on his chest. Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024 Note that the scent does not draw squirrels, tomcats, or teenage boys. James Shreeve, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 The only good feral tomcat is one with an arrow through its head! Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2023 Her big red tomcat, Rex, lolls at her feet. Suzanne Van Atten, ajc, 12 Oct. 2013 The eggs were fertilized with sperm from a non-fluorescent tomcat and implanted in female cats, and five fluorescent green kittens were born, out of a total of eleven embryos (three now survive, as one was stillborn and another died during birth). Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tomcat
Noun
  • As fate would have it, the orange tabby returned to the safe haven where he was saved the first time around.
    TJ Macias July 22, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2025
  • Meet Al, a 2-year-old tabby with a heart full of love and a cute voice that’s ready to sing your favorite songs.
    Trish Stinger, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • The kitten has now been successfully trapped and rescued.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Three other kittens had gotten stuck inside of her and died.
    Simone Jasper July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • To this day, the meanest alley cat in London testifies to the eternal return of cat life.
    Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
  • There are housecats and alley cats, Brawley said, and then there are tigers and lions.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 20 May 2025

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