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▪ I. tum-tum, n.1 and adv.|ˈtʌmˈtʌm|
Also in various extended forms, as tum-a-tum, tum-ti-tum, etc.
An imitation of the sound of a stringed instrument or instruments, esp. when monotonously played; strumming; a monotonous air. Also attrib.
1859Habits Gd. Society xiii. 344 A..nightmare of ‘tum-tum-tiddy-tum’, and waltzes à deux temps. 1884Pall Mall G. 4 July 4/1 The thrum-thrum, ting-ting, tum-a-tum-tum of their banjoes. 1886Overland Monthly Dec. 612/2 Tum! tum-ti-tum! tum! went the guitar. 1887Pall Mall G. 31 Oct. 5/1 ‘Florid’ accompaniments consisting of tum tum in the bass and scales like pianoforte finger studies in the treble. 1894Baring-Gould Kitty Alone III. 79 All the harmonies in thirds and fifths, and a solemn tum-tum bass.
So tum-tum v., intr. to play monotonously (or make a similar sound), to strum; hence tum-ˈtummer, tum-ˈtumming vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1866A. G. Middleton Earnest (1867) 5 The lubras..tum-tummed on bits of stick. 1879Baring-Gould Germany II. 87 Nothing better in the musical line than pretty tum-tumming. 1892D. Sladen Japs at Home ii, A ‘tum-tumming’ noise is kept up. 1898Westm. Gaz. 20 Apr. 3/2 Mr. Cookson..the tootler and tumtummer on old themes.
▪ II. tum-tum, n.2 Anglo-Indian.
[Derivation unascertained.]
A dog-cart.
1863Trevelyan Compet. Wallah vi. (1864) 139 We..started off..in two tumtums, or dog-carts. 1908Ch. Mission. Gleaner 1 Oct. 150/1 Our low two-wheeled tum-tum..bumping and jolting along the track of dry grass.
▪ III. tum-tum, n.3 W. Indies.
[Derivation uncertain; perh. from the thumping sound made.]
A West-Indian dish: see quot.
1833Carmichael W. Indies I. vii. 183 They often have tum-tum—made of plantains boiled quite soft, and beat in a wooden mortar,—it is eaten like a potatoe pudding. 1860in Bartlett Dict. Amer.
▪ IV. tum-tum, n.4 joc.|ˈtʌmtʌm|
[Redupl. tum n.2]
= tummy.
1864G. Meredith Let. 1 Mar. (1970) I. 245, I hope hope your tum-tum is stronger, old boy? 1894G. du Maurier Trilby II. iv. 6 Many other unaccustomed good things, so bad for their little French tumtums. 1930[see icky-boo adj. s.v. icky a. and n.]. 1981P. Mallory Killing Matter ii. 22 Make some toast and coffee. My tum-tum's empty. |