tam-tam

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(tum′tum′, tam′tam′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
tam-tam  (tum′tum′, tam′tam′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Music and Dancea gong with indefinite pitch.
  2. Music and Dancetom-tom.
  • variant of tom-tom 1775–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tam-tam n
  1. another name for gong
Etymology: from Hindi: see tom-tom
'tam-tam' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
gong - tam - tom-tom

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