tom-tom

3 definitions found

tom-tom - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tam-tam \Tam"-tam`\, n. [Hind.; of imitative origin.] (Mus.)
     (a) A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental
         countries; -- called also tom-tom.
     (b) A gong. See Gong, n., 1.
         [1913 Webster]

  Tom-tom \Tom"-tom`\ (t[o^]m"t[o^]m`), n.
     See Tam-tam.
     [1913 Webster]

tom-tom - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tom-tom
      n 1: any of various drums with small heads [syn: tenor drum,
           tom-tom]