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samuel | tom |

As a proper noun samuel

is .

As a noun tom is

splash (onomatopoeia).

samuel

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun) (Books of Samuel)
  • .
  • * 1837 :
  • It was quite unnecessary to call Samuel' Weller; for ' Samuel Weller stepped briskly into the box the instant his name was pronounced; and placing his hat on the floor, and his arms on the rail, took a bird’s–eye view of the Bar, and a comprehensive survey of the Bench, with a remarkably cheerful and lively aspect. ‘What’s your name, sir?’ inquired the judge. / ‘Sam Weller, my Lord,’ replied that gentleman. / ‘Do you spell it with a “V” or a “W”?’ inquired the judge. / ‘That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord,’ replied Sam; ‘I never had occasion to spell it more than once or twice in my life, but I spells it with a “V.” ’ / Here a voice in the gallery exclaimed aloud, ‘Quite right too, Samivel, quite right. Put it down a “we,” my Lord, put it down a “we.”’
  • * 1914 :
  • I went down the dark road between the hawthorn hedges puzzling over the why of like, repeating SAMUEL' to myself and aloud and listening to the rolling wonder in its sound that had charmed her soul and led her life in tragic places. ' SAMUEL ! There was a rolling wonder in the sound. Aye, there was!
  • One of two books of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
  • The primary author and central character of the first book of Samuel.
  • * :
  • Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel , saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

    Derived terms

    * * (pet forms) Sam, Sammie, Sammy * Samantha

    Anagrams

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    tom

    English

    Etymology 1

    From generic use of the proper name Tom .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The male of the domesticated cat.
  • The male of the turkey.
  • The male of certain other animals.
  • (British, slang) A prostitute.
  • (music) A type of drum.
  • (obsolete) The jack of trumps in the card game gleek.
  • Synonyms
    * (male cat) tomcat, he-cat * (male turkey) turkey-cock * (male of other animals) male * (prostitute) See also
    Derived terms
    * tomboy * tomcat * tomfool * tom-tit

    Etymology 2

    Shortened from tomato

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tomato (the fruit).
  • Toms 90p a pound

    Etymology 3

    Rhyming slang from tomfoolery.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) jewellery
  • Etymology 4

    From Uncle Tom.

    Verb

    (tomm)
  • (intransitive, derogatory, of a black person) To act in an obsequiously servile manner toward white authority.
  • Etymology 5

    Verb

    (tomm)
  • (nautical) To dig out a hole below the hatch cover of a bulker and fill it with cargo or weights to aid stability.
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