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Added 10 October 2026

tum-tum

noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about tum-tum at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A dog cart; a rickshaw; a kind of vehicle.

noun

A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain in a wooden mortar until it is soft.

noun

Stomach.
Can't eat - my tum-tum's hurting.
Abdomen.
The dog likes having its tum-tum rubbed.

Origin

Uncertain. Perhaps onomatopoeia (of hooves or footfalls); compare tuk-tuk. Perhaps from tandem.

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