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tom-tom

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tom-tom  (tmtm) also tam-tam (tmtm, tmtm)
n.
1. Any of various small-headed drums, usually long and narrow, that are beaten with the hands.
2. A monotonous rhythmical drumbeat or similar sound.
[Hindi amam, probably of imitative origin.]
tom-tom
n
1. (Music / Instruments) a drum associated either with the American Indians or with Eastern cultures, usually beaten with the hands as a signalling instrument
2. (Music) a standard cylindrical drum, normally with one drumhead
3. a monotonous drumming or beating sound
vb
(tr) Informal to pass (information, esp gossip) around a community very quickly
[from Hindi tamtam, of imitative origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tom-tom - any of various drums with small headstom-tom - any of various drums with small heads
tenor drum
drum, membranophone, tympan - a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
Translations
tom-tom [ˈtɒmtɒm] N (= drum) → tantán m
tom-tom
n tom-tom [ˈtomtom]
a kind of drum usually beaten with the hands. trom طَبْلَه شائِعَه في جُزُر الهِنْد الشَّرْقِيَّه тъпан tam-tam tam-tam die Handtrommel ταμ ταμ tantán tamtamm طبل tomtom-rumpu tam-tam טָמטָם टॉम-टॉम tamtam tamtam ketipung trumba tam-tam 太鼓 (손바닥으로 치는 북) 톰톰 tamtamas tamtams gendang tom-tom tamtam tamtamtromme tam-tam tantã tam-tam тамтам tamtam tamtam tam-tam tamtam[] กลอง tam tam (davulu) 手鼓 тамтам ايک قسم کا ڈرم trống cơm 手鼓
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"You will never hear the tom-tom again," he muttered, but inaudibly of course, for strict silence had been enjoined
The Adventures of Peter Pan by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
But the sweetmeat seller in the camp lent him a little tom-tom--a drum beaten with the flat of the hand--and he sat down, cross-legged, before Kala Nag as the stars began to come out, the tom-tom in his lap, and he thumped and he thumped and he thumped, and the more he thought of the great honor that had been done to him, the more he thumped, all alone among the elephant fodder.
The Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
The stone came down with a thump on the white meat, and thereafter arose and fell in a sort of tom-tom accompaniment to the poet's song:
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