how to pronounce tomboy

/ˈtɑːmˌbɔɪ/

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tomboy is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of tomboy in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… resistance we have tomboy key from the …”

meanings of tomboy

noun:

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

tomboy frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word tomboy occurs in english on average 1.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics tomboy can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that tomboy can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;

2) people, society, and culture;