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tum-tums

tum-tums is the plural of tum-tum.

Meaning of tum-tum

Noun (1)

tum-tum (plural tum-tums)

  1. (India) A dog cart; a rickshaw; a kind of vehicle.
    • An optimistic old man was our driver; he needed all his optimism too, for his tum-tum was one of the most rickety I've seen , and his little pony very tiny. The balance of this vehicle was most important; we had to sit in certain definite positions ...1914, Alice Maud Pennell, Pennell of the Afghan Frontier: The Life of Theodore Leighton Pennell, M.D., B. SC., F.R.C.S. Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for Public Service in India, page 414

Noun (2)

tum-tum (uncountable)

  1. A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain in a wooden mortar until it is soft.

Noun (3)

tum-tum (plural tum-tums)

  1. (childish, informal) Stomach.
    • Can't eat - my tum-tum's hurting.
  2. (childish, informal) Abdomen.
    • The dog likes having its tum-tum rubbed.

Questions about tum-tums

What is tum-tums the plural of?
Tum-tums is the plural of tum-tum.

Words near tum-tums in the dictionary

  1. tulwaurs
  2. tum
  3. tum tum
  4. tum tums
  5. tum-tum
  6. tum-tums
  7. Tuma
  8. tumacoside
  9. tumah
  10. Tumakuru
  11. Tuman

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