tum tum
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of tum-tum (“tummy”).
noun
Alternative form of tum-tum (“kind of vehicle”).
noun
Alternative form of tumtum (“kind of drum”).
Example Sentences
- "(Turns towards me, opens his eyes and mouth, and hums the REPRISE somewhere down in his throat.) […] Friend No. 1 (stopping in his tum tum tum). What's he say?"
- "The toombah, a drum with tin jingles and shells, accompanied songs and dances of Africans on Antigua. A report in 1844 mentions the “tum tum” (toombah) and […]"