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Tom-tom

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small joined pair of drums, beaten with the hands.

    "It was voodoo, apparently, but voodoo of a more terrible sort than they had ever known; and some of their women and children had disappeared since the malevolent tom-tom had begun its incessant beating far within the black haunted woods where no dweller ventured."

  2. 2
    any of various drums with small heads wordnet
  3. 3
    Any cylindrical drum, with no snare; part of a drum kit. usually
  4. 4
    Alternative form of tam-tam (“a kind of flat gong”). alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    To play the tom-tom (pair of drums).

Etymology

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic, with reduplication.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic, with reduplication.

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