Definitions for tam-tam

tam-tam tam-tam

Spelling: [tuhm-tuhm, tam-tam]
IPA: /ˈtʌmˌtʌm, ˈtæmˌtæm/

Tam-Tam is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 35 anagrams from letters in tam-tam (-aammtt).

Definitions for tam-tam

noun

  1. a gong with indefinite pitch.
  2. tom-tom.

Origin of tam-tam

First recorded in 1775-85; variant of tom-tom

Examples for tam-tam

With a scorching whiff of sulphur and violets, a thin, spiral scream, the music tapered into the sepulchral clang of a tam-tam.

Again the page was played, the tam-tam's thin edge set shivering with mournful resonance.

Come fleetly, come fleetly, my hookabadar, For the sound of the tam-tam is heard from afar.

He re-read the score, set it going on the organ, then picked up the tam-tam.

Priests attend upon the goddess, and female dancers display their talent before her, accompanied by the loud music of the tam-tam.

Word Value for tam-tam
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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