tomcat

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Recent Examples of tomcat 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tomcat
Noun
  • Speedo, a 15-year-old sweetheart, lived a life of comfort until his owner got sick and could no longer care for the tabby any longer, his pet profile said.
    TJ Macias, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
  • In March, Stacey, 28, adopted an orange tabby rescue cat, Fergie.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • By eight weeks, a normal kitten is playful, energetic and exploring their surroundings.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Caswell was caught abusing a kitten at the animal shelter in 2023 after workers there had observed an increase in feline deaths, a former shelter director testified in court.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That seemed as incongruous a combination as a nightingale harmonizing with an alley cat.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The week’s biggest stories Presidential debate Biden’s verbal stumbles, Trump’s ‘morals of an alley cat’: 6 debate takeaways.
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024

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“Tomcat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tomcat. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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