Tom and Jerryish
Tom and Jerryish adjective: resembling or characteristic of the American animated media franchise Tom and Jerry.
Adjective
Tom and Jerryish (comparative more Tom and Jerryish, superlative most Tom and Jerryish)
- Resembling or characteristic of the American animated media franchise Tom and Jerry.
- Now we are all running up and guess who’s running down. About 300 muscle bound, black tee shirt wearing, torch carrying doorman. Now I think to meself that this is getting very Tom and Jerryish.1993, “The Amazing Adventures of Arthur Trip”, in Blaze, number 15, page 11, column 3
- In Crow the extremes of violence come to seem like the action in comic books, Tom and Jerryish, not credible and not quite funny.1998, Michael Schmidt, “Candours”, in Lives of the Poets, BCA by arrangement with Weidenfeld & Nicolson, page 792
Examples of Tom and Jerryish in a sentence
- Tom and Jerryish / WIDGETT, a 15-month-old lilac burmese cat which lives in the north-east of England, ended up in a vet’s surgery when he took on one mouse too many in his back yard.1998 August 22, David Gee, “Diary”, in The Press, page 2:
- Post-Stalinist successes included the series Just You Wait!, a Tom and Jerryish effort featuring Little Rabbit, with Wolf, a hooligan and social nuisance, as the opposing baddie.2007, Catriona Kelly, “In Their Own Time”, in Children’s World: Growing Up in Russia, 1890–1991, Yale University Press, →ISBN, part III...
- Some of the songs, Lionel told Mark Steyn, were composed in a Tom And Jerryish way, with the rhythm suggested by the character’s walk.2011, David Stafford, Caroline Stafford, chapter 8, in Fings Ain’t Wot They Used t’ Be: The Lionel Bart Story, Omnibus Press, →ISBN, page...
- Ugly Bucket play it like a Hanna Barbera cartoon, with lots of slapstick, mildly bad taste humour and some of the most perfect, Tom and Jerryish facial acting you’ll see on the Fringe.2022 August 29, David Pollock, “[Edinburgh Festival Fringe theatre reviews: Good Grief | Candy | I Was Naked, Smelling of Rain] Good Grief...
Forms of Tom and Jerryish
| comparative | more Tom and Jerryish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Tom and Jerryish |
| alternative form | Tom-and-Jerryish |
Origin of Tom and Jerryish
From Tom and Jerry + -ish.
Questions about Tom and Jerryish
- What does Tom and Jerryish mean?
- Tom and Jerryish means resembling or characteristic of the American animated media franchise Tom and Jerry.
- How do you use Tom and Jerryish in a sentence?
- Tom and Jerryish / WIDGETT, a 15-month-old lilac burmese cat which lives in the north-east of England, ended up in a vet’s surgery when he took on one mouse too many in his back yard.
- What part of speech is Tom and Jerryish?
- Tom and Jerryish is an adjective.
Words near Tom and Jerryish in the dictionary
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