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Tum-tum

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A dog cart; a rickshaw; a kind of vehicle. India

    "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 ..."

  2. 2
    A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain in a wooden mortar until it is soft. uncountable
  3. 3
    Stomach. childish, informal

    "Can't eat - my tum-tum's hurting."

  4. 4
    Abdomen. childish, informal

    "The dog likes having its tum-tum rubbed."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed fom Twi Akan tumtum (“mashed green bananas”). Compare Sranan Tongo tonton (“mashed plantain dumpling”).

Etymology 3

Reduplication of tum, a shortened form of tummy.

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