Tatum

art, 1910–56, u.s. jazz pianist.
edward lawrie
[lawr-ee] /ˈlɔr i/ (show ipa), 1909–75, u.s. biochemist: n-bel prize in medicine 1958.
contemporary examples

tatum: i guess my understanding of school now is different than when i was just coming out of high school.
channing tatum and jonah hill on ‘22 jump street,’ p-n-s kissing, and julie andrews’s b–bs kevin fallon june 9, 2014

[tatum laughs] like i found the three other artsy goth kids at boulder and hung out with them.
channing tatum and jonah hill on ‘22 jump street,’ p-n-s kissing, and julie andrews’s b–bs kevin fallon june 9, 2014

but for the real mark schultz, whom tatum plays in the film foxcatcher, it has become a sore point.
wrestler mark schultz hates the ‘sickening and insulting lies’ of ‘foxcatcher’ rich goldstein december 30, 2014

tatum and hill reunite in 22 jump street as jenko and schmidt, hapless cops who go undercover as students to bungle a drug ring.
channing tatum and jonah hill on ‘22 jump street,’ p-n-s kissing, and julie andrews’s b–bs kevin fallon june 9, 2014

but now, photos of tatum walking the 2003 sean john runway have emerged.
kanye reportedly returning to fashion week; meet the ‘hipster’ congresswoman the fashion beast team july 18, 2013

historical examples

tatum and i gave a great shout of joy, and, far above as they were, they heard us and waved their response.
the ascent of denali (mount mckinley) hudson stuck

one day he saw in a shop-window a notice that a mr. tatum was to give at his own house some lectures on natural philosophy.
lives of poor boys who became famous sarah k. bolton

she lives with her daughter about five miles west of tatum, tex.
slave narratives: a folk history of slavery in the united states from interviews with former slaves. work projects administration

tatum and i turned the stove upside down and beat upon it and tapped it, but nothing would dislodge that wire.
the ascent of denali (mount mckinley) hudson stuck

mr. tatum was fully informed of the raid and the leaders in it, and called for a pow-wow at general grierson’s quarters.
little pills, an army story robert henderson mckay

noun
art, full name arthur tatum. 1910–56, us jazz pianist
edward lawrie. 1909–75, us biochemist, who showed how genes regulate biochemical processes in an organism and demonstrated that bacteria reproduce s-xually; n-bel prize for physiology or medicine (1958) with beadle and lederberg

tatum ta·tum (tā’təm), edward lawrie. 1909-1975.

american biochemist. through his genetic research with bacteria, he showed how genes transmit hereditary characteristics and shared a 1958 n-bel prize for his discoveries.