Meaning of tum-tum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A dog cart; a rickshaw; a kind of vehicle.
   India
2. A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain in a wooden mortar until it is soft.
   uncountable
3. Stomach.
   childish, informal
4. Abdomen.
   childish, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“An optimistic old man was our driver; he needed all his optimism too, for his tum-tum was one of the most rickety I've seen , and his little pony very tiny. The balance of this vehicle was most important; we had to sit⟳ in certain definite positions ...”

“His fellow assistant, Dr Panna Lal, was in ecstasies at the prospect, and was urgent that they should attend⟳ it together in his new tum-tum.”

“Can't eat⟳ - my tum-tum's hurting.”

“Take⟳ a little food and stir⟳ in some GASTRIC JUICE, which is made fresh daily by the 35 million glands that line your tum-tum.”

“The dog likes having its tum-tum rubbed.”

“The Internet is full of sites where you can buy⟳ everything you need⟳ to make⟳ a plaster mold of your tum-tum.”

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