tom

1. (British, greengrocers' slang) A tomato (the fruit).Examples: "Toms 90p a pound"; "“I'd like sausage, eggs, bacon, toms, mushies, beans – oh, and some fried bread,” said Mike."British

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) jewelleryCockneyslanguncountable

1. (intransitive, derogatory, of a black person) To act in an obsequiously servile manner toward white authority.derogatoryintransitive

1. (nautical) To dig out a hole below the hatch cover of a bulker and fill it with cargo or weights to aid stability.

1. (uncommon) Ellipsis of Uncle Tom.Examples: "I thought it was nice for them [civil rights volunteers] to come in here. But they wasn’t welcome among white people. The black people welcomed them with open arms, but they wasn’t welcomed by the white people. And the churches began to burn: Everetts Chapel and Union Hill. I’ll be honest and tell you the truth, I was a little afraid sometimes, depending on where the meeting was. It looked like the group was pushing forward and I didn’t want to be a “Tom.”"abbreviationalt-ofellipsisuncommon

2. (US, numismatic slang, rare) A United States two-dollar bill.Examples: "Toms: two-dollar bills bearing the portrait of President Thomas Jefferson"; "The article on CNN.com says the Treasury has $96 million in $2s in their vaults. They are printing new ones just to assure a supply. The new ones will be 2003 series with the same design as now. Printing more will have no direct effect on whether they circulate more, but articles like the recent ones will make people aware that they are still available. I'm picking up another strap of Toms tomorrow, hopefully crisp new - at least that what I asked the vault teller to order."; "In the past year I've spent over 2000 Toms with 90% used to well used. I have only seen a dozen or so with torn corners, almost always the upper left corner."Synonyms: Jefferson, Thomas JeffersonUSrare