1.
[syn: tenor drum, tom-tom]
The 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tom-tom \Tom"-tom`\ (t[o^]m"t[o^]m`), n.
See Tam-tam.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tom-tom
n 1: any of various drums with small heads [syn: tenor drum,
tom-tom]