Definitions for tom-tom

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Spelling: [tom-tom]
IPA: /ˈtɒmˌtɒm/

Tom-Tom 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 38 anagrams from letters in tom-tom (-mmoott).

Definitions for tom-tom

noun

  1. a drum of American Indian or Asian origin, commonly played with the hands.
  2. a dully repetitious drumbeat or similar sound.

Origin of tom-tom

First recorded in 1685-95, tom-tom is from the Hindi word ṭamṭam

Examples for tom-tom

Now Smee had found the tom-tom, and was at that moment sitting on it.

I heard the sound of the tom-tom above the wail of the wind.

He resorts to his tom-tom, by which he hopes to frighten away the fearful monster.

Muted cornets, banjos and saxophones were wailing out a tom-tom adagio.

They would wring her heart as she heard them in the pauses of the tom-tom.

The assistant beat the tom-tom at the rate of 150 beats to the minute.

It was as though his head had become a tom-tom in the hands of fate.

In the Congo they are haled by the tom-tom, which is the wireless of the woods.

The nights are always spent in dancing to the beating of the tom-tom or drum.

Her eye searched the room for a weapon, and found an Indian tom-tom club.

Word Value for tom-tom
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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