English Explanatory Dictionary

tum-tum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dog cart; a rickshaw; a kind of vehicle.
noun
  1. A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain in a wooden mortar until it is soft.
noun
  1. Stomach.
  2. Abdomen.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tum-tum.wav

Word forms

tum-tum tum-tums tum tum tumtum

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps onomatopoeia (of hooves or footfalls); compare tuk-tuk. Perhaps from tandem.

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