tum-tum
tum-tum · tum-tums
A dog cart; a rickshaw; a kind of vehicleA dog cart; a rickshaw; a kind of vehicle.
Meaning
4 senses(India)A dog cart; a rickshaw; a kind of vehicle.
(uncountable)A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain in a wooden mortar until it is soft.
(childish, informal)Stomach.
Can't eat - my tum-tum's hurting.
(childish, informal)Abdomen.
The dog likes having its tum-tum rubbed.
Origin
Uncertain. Perhaps onomatopoeia (of hooves or footfalls); compare tuk-tuk. Perhaps from taUncertain. Perhaps onomatopoeia (of hooves or footfalls); compare tuk-tuk. Perhaps from tandem.
Borrowed fom Twi Akan tumtum (“mashed green bananas”). Compare Sranan Tongo tonton (“mashed plantain dumpling”).
Reduplication of tum, a shortened form of tummy.
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