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tommyrot

/ˈtɒmiˌrɒt/US/ˈtɑmiˌrɑt/

tommyrot noun: nonsense, rot.

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Noun

tommyrot (usually uncountable, plural tommyrots)

  1. (usually) Nonsense, rot.
    • My brothers, on the other hand, considered that my talents were overrated. Putting it plainly, they told me that what I wrote was tommy-rot.1938, Siegfried Sassoon, The Old Century, Faber and Faber, published 1967, page 154

tommyrot meaning in Tamil

tommyrot in Tamil

வெறும் பேச்சு, அடி முட்டாள்

Forms of tommyrot

pluraltommyrots
alternative formtommy-rot

Origin of tommyrot

Compound of tommy + rot, (tommy being a dialectical word for fool).

Questions about tommyrot

What does tommyrot mean?
Tommyrot means nonsense, rot.
What is tommyrot in Tamil?
Tommyrot in Tamil is வெறும் பேச்சு, அடி முட்டாள். See Tommyrot meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tommyrot?
Tommyrot is a noun.
How do you pronounce tommyrot?
Tommyrot is pronounced /ˈtɒmiˌrɒt/ (UK).
What is the plural of tommyrot?
The plural of tommyrot is tommyrots.

Words near tommyrot in the dictionary

  1. tommyhawking
  2. tommyhawks
  3. tommying
  4. tommyknocker
  5. tommyknockers
  6. tommyrot
  7. tommyrots
  8. tommyto
  9. tommytoe
  10. tommytoes
  11. tomnoddies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tommyrot (page history and authors); tommyrot (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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