tomboy

• tom boy

From tom +‎ boy. First attested in Ralph Roister Doister (published 1567, written circa 1552), where it is used to describe a boisterous girl;^[1] the OED says the citation is however "generally taken" to mean a boisterous boy, and says that a use in The Old Law (published 1656, thought to have been written circa 1599) "certainly" means a boy:^[2] "must young court-tits / play tomboys' tricks with her?"^[3] By 1579 it was attested in the meaning "an immodest woman", and by no later than 1592 it had developed its modern meaning of a “girl who acts like a boy”.^[2]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɒm.bɔɪ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑm.bɔɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɒmbɔɪ

tomboy (plural tomboys)

1. A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.

   Synonyms: hoyden, ladette, romp

   Antonyms: (with regards to behaviour) girly girl, (with regards to gender) macho man, (with regards to gender and behaviour) janegirl

   His sister, his dearest and only playmate, is a tomboy at heart.

   • 2014 January 31, Kelly Wallace, “Pink, princess-y and sexy too soon”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “When you have a little girl like mine who is obsessed with the ocean and giant squids and insect infestations in homes, she’s considered weird or odd or a tomboy when in fact, science and things like that should be considered girly.”

2. (Philippines, colloquial) A butch lesbian.

• → Bikol Central: tomboy
• → Cebuano: tomboy
• → Spanish: tomboy
• → Tagalog: tomboy

• tomgirl

• Why Calling Someone A "Tomboy" Is Problematic, Sebastian Zulch, May 4, 2015, Bustle magazine.

• tomboy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from English tomboy.

• Hyphenation: tom‧boy
• IPA^(key): /ˈtomboj/ [ˈtom.boɪ̯]

tómbóy

1. a girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner
2. (colloquial) a lesbian; butch

   Synonyms: tibo, papanay

Borrowed from English tomboy.

• Hyphenation: tom‧boy
• IPA^(key): /ˈtomboj/ [ˈt̪om.boɪ̯]

tomboy

1. a girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner
2. a lesbian; butch

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:tomboy.

Unadapted borrowing from English tomboy.

• IPA^(key): /tomˈboi/ [t̪õmˈboi̯]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification: tom‧boy

tomboy f (plural tomboys)

1. tomboy (a boyish girl or woman)

Borrowed from English tomboy.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtomboj/ [ˈt̪om.boɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -omboj
• Syllabification: tom‧boy

tomboy (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜌ᜔) (colloquial)

1. tomboy; boyish girl

   Synonyms: binalaki, binalalaki, marimatso, lalakinin, amasona

   • 1973, Liwayway:

     Si Trudy, gaya ng palayaw sa kanya, ay isang tomboy. Sa kanilang lugar, walang batang lalaking nakadaig sa kanya sa ano mang uri ng sports.

     Trudy, like her nickname, is a tomboy. In their neighborhood, the boys cannot even beat her in any sports.

   • 1968, Dionisio S. Salazar, Pitong dula:

     Sa suot niyang " kamisadentrong panlalaki at "pedal-pusher" na maong ay wala siyang iniwan sa isang "tomboy". (Palinga-linga silang dalawa na tila may hinahanap. Pagtapat sa may puno ng adelpa ay titigil sila.)

     He did not leave the undershirt and "pedal-pusher" jeans to a tomboy (They are looking to the left and right like they are finding something. They will stop when they face the oleander tree.)

2. butch; lesbian

   Synonyms: tibo, lesbiyana, lesbiya, (slang) leslie, (slang) shiboli, (slang) tiboom, (slang) T-bird