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tomtom

tomtom is the alternative form of tom-tom.

Meaning of tom-tom

Noun

tom-tom (plural tom-toms)

  1. A small drum, often one of a joined pair, beaten with the hands, frequently associated with tribal cultures.
    • [T]he Rattle Rale had got information that a party was coming from Badula to look for Hadje, three days before, and had assembled the Country by beat of tom tom, and that those who had conducted Hadje to the stranger had that morning returned: he spoke of the stranger as a 'Deyo' (a God).1818 September 5, The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, page 3, column 1
  2. (usually) Any cylindrical drum, with no snare; part of a drum kit.

See all 3 meanings of tom-tom

Noun capitalized: TomTom

TomTom (plural TomToms)

  1. A particular brand of GPS system.
  2. (through trademark erosion) Any similar device.

Forms of tomtom

Noun
pluraltomtoms
pluralTomToms
Verb
third-person singular presenttomtoms
present participletomtomming
past participletomtommed
pasttomtommed

Questions about tomtom

What does tomtom mean?
Tomtom means a particular brand of GPS system.
What is tomtom the alternative form of?
Tomtom is the alternative form of tom-tom.
What part of speech is tomtom?
Tomtom is a noun.
What is the plural of tomtom?
The plural of tomtom is tomtoms.

Words near tomtom in the dictionary

  1. tomte
  2. Tomteboda
  3. tomtes
  4. tomtit
  5. tomtits
  6. tomtom
  7. tomtommed
  8. tomtomming
  9. tomtoms
  10. Tomzhang
  11. Tomé

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tomtom (page history and authors); TomTom (page history and authors); tom-tom (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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