Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - tom-tom
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n. 1 a primitive drum beaten with the hands. 2 a tall drum beaten with the hands and used in jazz bands etc. Etymology: Hindi tamtam, imit. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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(tom-toms) A tom-tom is a tall narrow drum that is usually played with the hands. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
4.
~ n a long narrow drum you play with your hands ton ~ n 1 plural tons or ton a unit for measuring weight, equal to 2240 pounds or 1016 kilos in Britain, and 2000 pounds or 907.2 kilos in the US (- compare tonne) 2 tons of informal a lot of (We've bought tons of beer for the party tonight.) 3 weigh a ton informal to be very heavy (Your bag weighs a ton!) 4 do a ton BrE informal to drive at 100 miles an hour 5 come down on sb like a ton of bricks informal to get very angry with someone about something they have done ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1693, "drum" (originally used in India), from Hindi tam-tam, probably of imitative origin (cf. Singhalese tamat tama and Malay tong-tong). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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