Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tom thumb

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables
tom thumb
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A fairy-tale character who is the size of a person's thumb; the protagonist and hero of the fairy tale The History of Tom Thumb.

noun

A type of diminutive simple firecracker that explodes to give a loud noise.

Australian usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

Tom Thumbs (plural)

Phrases

Tom Thumb golf hop-o'-my-thumb

Frequently Paired Words

hop-o'-my-thumb Thumbelina

Questions

What does tom thumb mean?
A fairy-tale character who is the size of a person's thumb; the protagonist and hero of the fairy tale The History of Tom Thumb.

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