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tomming

tomming is the present participle and gerund of tom.

Meaning of tom

Verb (1)

tom (third-person singular simple present toms, present participle tomming, simple past and past participle tommed)

  1. (derogatory, intransitive) To act in an obsequiously servile manner toward white authority.

Verb (2)

tom (third-person singular simple present toms, present participle tomming, simple past and past participle tommed)

  1. 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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Questions about tomming

What is tomming the present participle and gerund of?
Tomming is the present participle and gerund of tom.

Words near tomming in the dictionary

  1. Tomme
  2. tommed
  3. Tommie
  4. tommied
  5. tommies
  6. tomming
  7. Tommis
  8. Tommo
  9. tommorow
  10. Tommotian
  11. tommy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tomming (page history and authors); tom (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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