tomcatted; tomcatting; tomcats
: to seek sexual gratification promiscuously : cat
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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
That’s because her mother was gray and white and her father was a big orange tomcat.
—Karen Jones, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2022
Noun
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
That’s because her mother was gray and white and her father was a big orange tomcat.
—Karen Jones, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2022
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