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- [toom]
- /tum/
- /tˈuːm/
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- [toom]
- /tum/
Definitions of toom word
- adjective toom empty; vacant. 1
- verb with object toom to empty or drain (a vessel), especially by drinking the contents. 1
- verb toom to empty (something) 0
- adjective toom empty 0
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Origin of toom
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English tome (adj.), Old English tōm; cognate with Old Norse tōmr
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Parts of speech for Toom
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
toom popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
toom usage trend in Literature
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