Tommy
pronunciation
How to pronounce Tommy in British English:
UK [ˈtɒmi]
How to pronounce Tommy in American English:
US [ˈtɑmi]
Word Origin
- Tommy
- "British soldier," 1884, from Thomas Atkins, since 1815 the typical sample name for filling in army forms. Tommy gun (1929) is short for Thompson gun (see Thompson). Soon extended to other types of sub-machine gun, especially those favored by the mob.
Example
- 1. Tommy had a friend over the other day .
- 2. Tommy played truant today . His teacher called me this morning .
- 3. Parsons played young gay activist tommy boatwright in the play .
- 4. Tommy williams came to shawshank in 1965 .
- 5. The spectacular images were taken by tommy on september 25 .