Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tum-tum

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.77 in modern English

Syllables: tum--tum
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dog cart; a rickshaw; a kind of vehicle.

Indian usage

noun

A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain in a wooden mortar until it is soft.

Uncountable

noun

Informal

noun

Informal

Example Sentences

"An optimistic old man was our driver; he needed all his optimism too, for his tum-tum was one of the most rickety I've seen , and his little pony very tiny. The balance of this vehicle was most important; we had to sit in certain definite positions ..."
"His fellow assistant, Dr Panna Lal, was in ecstasies at the prospect, and was urgent that they should attend it together in his new tum-tum."
"Can't eat - my tum-tum's hurting."
"Take a little food and stir in some GASTRIC JUICE, which is made fresh daily by the 35 million glands that line your tum-tum."
"The dog likes having its tum-tum rubbed."
"The Internet is full of sites where you can buy everything you need to make a plaster mold of your tum-tum."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Root: tumtum

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

tum-tums (plural) tum tum (alternative) tumtum (alternative)

Questions

What does tum-tum mean?: A dog cart; a rickshaw; a kind of vehicle.
Where does tum-tum come from?: Uncertain. Perhaps onomatopoeia (of hooves or footfalls); compare tuk-tuk. Perhaps from tandem.

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