Toom

Quick meaning: Toom is an adjective meaning Vacant time, leisure.

Meaning

Vacant time, leisure.

More Meanings

1. (rare or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Empty; bare.
2. (chiefly Scottish) A piece of waste ground where rubbish is deposited.
3. (rare or dialectal) To empty; teem.

Example Sentences

"You saw it was toom. The lamp had gone out itself, or else — what's that?"

Gin she was toom afore, she's toomer now, Her heart was like to loup out at her mou'.

It seemed to him that his soul had gone from him, and he was as toom as a hazel shell.

His tabard was 'toom' — bare or empty — and Balliol, the unmade king, became 'Toom Tabard'.

Word Forms

• tooms
• tooming
• toomed

Synonyms for toom

Depending on context, synonyms include vacant, void, empty, clean, leer, unfilled.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include toom-handed, idle, empty, unteeming, voide, naked.

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