tom-tomn.int.

Brit.

/ˈtɒmtɒm/, U.S.

/ˈtɑmˌtɑm/

Forms: 1600s– tom-tom, 1700s–1900s tam-tam, 1800s tum-tum.

Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi ṭamṭam.

Etymology: < Hindi ṭamṭam, imitative of the sound of the instrument; compare the related or similarly formed Bengali ṭamṭam noise of rain drops, also Sanskrit ṭam twang, ḍam noise of a drum, and further (perhaps influenced by Sanskrit) Telugu ṭamaṭama and Tamil tampaṭṭam, both in sense ‘tom-tom’.Forms with o may reflect a Bengali pronunciation of the Hindi word. Compare tong-tong, recorded by N.E.D. (1913) as a form of this word, but apparently showing a borrowing < Malay tong-tong a clapper, a tube of wood or bamboo struck with a knocker; perhaps of imitative origin.

a. A type of hand-beaten drum traditionally used in India. Later also: any of various similar traditional drums used in societies elsewhere in Asia, in Africa, the Americas, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > other drums

taborinc1500

swash1533

war-drum1593

wolf-drum1605

saddle drum1617

tombak1662

tom-tom1693

goombay1790

rommelpot1790

rommelpot?1798

water drum1824

pahu1829

tabl1831

tambourin1832

dholuck1837

nagara1839

tree-drum1850

ngoma1860

talking drum1897

pot drum1907

friction drum1909

trap-drum1924

ghoema1934

tamboo1942

tassa1948

steel drum1952

conga drum1955

roto-tom1968

conga1969

Isukuti1972

steel pan1973

syndrum1979

1693 in J. T. Wheeler Madras in Olden Time (1861) I. xii. 268 That to-morrow morning the Choultry Justices do cause the Tom Tom to be beat through all the streets of the Black Town.

1764 in J. Long Select. Rec. Govt. relating to Bengal (1869) 391 You will give strict orders to Zemindars to furnish Oil and Musshauls, and Tom Toms and Pikemen, &c., according to custom.

1782 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 1 249 The music is composed of small drums called tamtams.

1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) IV. 186 Let the cause of their punishment be published in the Bazaar by beat of tom tom.

1814 M. M. Sherwood Stories Church Catech. (ed. 4) iv. 15 They were almost deafened by the sound of their tum-tums and trumpets.

1860 H. B. Tristram Great Sahara xi. 184 The chief characteristic of the affair was the noise of drums and tomtoms.

1933 E. Waugh Let. 1 Jan. (1980) 68 Outside in the night air I can hear the tom-toms of hostile Indians encamped around us.

1960 Life 28 Mar. 29/3 Jack shuffled uneasily through an Indian dance with a wrinkled squaw while two old tom-toms beat out the rhythm.

2008 S. Brouwer Thunderbird Spirit viii. 55 You think..my parents and I should live on a reservation somewhere, beating tom-toms and living in tepees.

b. figurative and in figurative contexts. Frequently with allusion to the practice of beating a tom-tom (sense 1a) to give notice of or call attention to something, or as an expression of enthusiasm. Cf. tom-tom v. 2.

ΚΠ

1851 F. Walpole Ansayrii III. ix. 228 She was the first wife of the man whose tomtoms of joy yet sounded in my ear.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Apr. 1/1 Those preparations about which the journalistic tom-tom is being beaten so vigorously.

1918 Bankers' Monthly Nov. 48/2 These giants of industry sounded the tom-toms for reveille in our first real maneuvering for an incursion into foreign climes for world-business.

1958 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 22 Dec. 8/3 Happily the American scientists this time were spared the tom-tom of publicity.

2004 BusinessWeek 1 Nov. 92/1 They are really in the thick of what's happening in their area of functional expertise... They have the contacts; they hear the tom-toms.

c. A tall low-toned hand-beaten drum without snares, used esp. by pop, rock, and jazz groups.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > low-pitched drum

tom-tom1909

tom1970

1909 Violinist Feb. 14 Bass drum, cymbals, high tam-tam, low tam-tam, triangle, snare drums, chimes.

1934 E. Little Mod. Rhythmic Drumming 26 No outfit is complete without at least one tomtom.

1977 C. Appice Rudim. to Rock ii. 38 You might wish to play all accented notes on the tom-tom to further develop your facility.

2001 Mojo Aug. 52/1 Bev would lay down drums and then double-track certain elements, usually the snare and tom-toms.

2. The sound of a tom-tom being struck; a drumming, beating, or knocking sound. Also as int.: representing such a sound.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > regular or alternating rhythm > drumming

randana1661

rub-a-duba1661

drumming1663

row dow dow1701

rub-a-dub-dub1714

tattoo1755

rattan1764

drum1810

rataplan1846

kettledrumming1848

tom-tom1863

tattooing1871

tumming1882

tum1911

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of drums

tuck of druma1500

dubc1572

dub-a-dub1582

tucking1632

drumming1663

beat1672

vellum thunder1716

rattan1764

hub a dub1777

drum1810

drum beat1817

tom-tomming1833

bum-bum1844

rataplan1846

tom-tom1863

tattooing1871

tumming1882

tan-tan1893

1863 Chambers's Jrnl. 1 Aug. 65/2 The hiss of the groom recalls the stable-door, the bucket, the sponge, and ammonia. The bleat of the lamb carries us another way. The tom-tom of the Hindu beggar strikes the contrast between the East and the West. The peal from the steeple [etc.].

1868 C. W. Dilke Greater Brit. II. xvi. 339 The tomtom-ing gradually increased..until a perfect storm of ‘tom-a-tom, tomtom, tom-a-tom, tomtom’, burst from all quarters of the town.

1898 E. A. H. Alderson Mounted Infantry Mashonaland v. 90 Then ‘Tom-tom, tom-tom, tom, tom-a-tom, tom’, go the war drums; out go the fires.

1912 Eng. Rev. Mar. 615 The tom-tom of the watchman could be heard.

1960 M. Spark Ballad of Peckham Rye iii. 50 The long cupboard in Dougal's bedroom gave out a loud tom-tom as the rain beat on the low roof within.

2014 B. Weber Life is Wheel (2015) 324 I was conscious of the rapid tom-tom of my heart.

Compounds

General attributive and objective, as tom-tom drum, tom-tom player, etc.

ΚΠ

1792 T. Law Sketch Late Arrangem. Bengal 196 Tomtom Beater.

1857 J. G. Wilkinson Egyptians 28 The trumpet was chiefly confined to the military band; to which also belonged, though not exclusively, the tomtom drum, the clappers, and a few others.

1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 59 The band consisted of three fiddlers and a tam-tam beater.

1908 H. H. Johnston G. Grenfell & Congo II. xxv. 719 A drum of the tom-tom form is used.

1971 V. Stanton Keith Partridge Master Spy 44 Again, Keith's heart was beating tom-tom style.

2008 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 17 Nov. 28 To the side, a tom-tom player slapped his drum.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tom-tomv.

Brit.

/ˈtɒmtɒm/, U.S.

/ˈtɑmˌtɑm/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: tom-tom n.

Etymology: < tom-tom n.

1. transitive. With adverbial complement: to accompany, dismiss, or lead (a person) with the beating of tom-toms. Hence: to force or coerce (a person) out of or into something as if by the beating of tom-toms. Cf. drum v.¹ 4, 5. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1792 Trial of Avadanum Paupiah App. p. vii/2 Vencatachilla was sentenced to receive corporal punishment, and to be tom tomed out of the bounds, not to return.

1836 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. 19 ii. 190/2 Having been seated on a horse, he was tom-tomed to the door of the mosque.

1875 J. A. Bayley Reminisc. School & Army Life iv. 63 Sentenced..to be paraded and tomtomed round the camp on a donkey, with his face to the tail.

1892 Madison (Indiana) Weekly Democrat 8 Sept. The intelligent public is not to be tomtommed into believing that this sort of business deal can possibly benefit in any way the cause of American labor.

1902 Chillicothe (Missouri) Constit. 16 Dec. 6/1 The Democracy..must win back the host of small business men tom-tommed out of the party during the..panic of 1896.

1905 Chron. London Missionary Soc. Oct. 280/2 When we left for another camp, the Christians ‘tom-tommed’ us out of the village.

1941 Port Arthur (Texas) News 6 Jan. 4/5 The public has been war-danced and tom-tommed by equivocal propaganda into..considering such a bill.

a. transitive. Chiefly Anglo-Indian and Indian English. To give notice of or call attention to (something) by beating a tom-tom. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > sound signal on instrument [verb (transitive)] > on drum

strike1572

beata1640

tom-tom1824

1824 in W. Hough Pract. Courts-martial (1834) v. 175 That the order for the assembly of the court be tom-tomed through the bazars and cantonments.

1850 Morning Chron. 19 Aug. 2/5 These [proclamations] were read to the inferior headmen—tomtomed through the district—posted up in different places.

1857 S. Hislop in G. Smith Life (1888) v. 166 It had been tom-tomed in the city that all who are too poor to lay in a supply of provisions should leave.

1901 Mission Field 1 Feb. 62 It is the reddi of each village who has to get the news tom-tommed that relief will be distributed, say, at the collector's office.

2005 M. S. Pannu Partners of Brit. Rule xvi. 322 He had tomtommed in the morning that no gatherings would be permitted.

b. transitive. figurative. To announce or make known, esp. persistently, pressingly, or to a wide audience. Also: to boast or speak enthusiastically about. Also intransitive with about. Now chiefly Indian English.

ΚΠ

1932 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 19 July 4/3 Many loud-mouths of the spotlight tom-tommed only havoc to the world.

1961 A. Sillitoe Key to Door (1962) xiv. 189 Mr. Jones didn't turn up to school and word was tom-tommed around that he was ill.

1987 Blitz (Bombay) 3 Jan. 7/5 The Ministers showed their peevishness by tomtomming in the Goa papers that they had resigned.

2004 Stardust (Internat. ed.) June 118/3 She's a very grounded star and never tom toms about her success..when she has every reason to do so.

a. intransitive. To beat or play on a tom-tom or drum; to drum, beat, or knock on something; to produce a drumming sound.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > beating drum > beat drum [verb (intransitive)]

tabor1377

taborna1400

nakerc1425

drum1597

dub-a-dub1598

to beat a drum1621

rub-a-dub1837

beat1841

to beat a tattoo1841

tom-tom1860

rataplan1863

tambourin1884

1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 414 A man tomtoming lustily upon a kettle-drum shaped like an European hourglass.

1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 118 My friends..trumpet, bugle, and ‘tam-tam’ all day long.

1917 Boys' Life Jan. 7/1 The mill man ‘tom-tommed’ on a tin pan with a stick and sang in very good imitation of an Indian.

1947 Hutchinson (Kansas) News-Herald 9 Dec. 4/2 ‘Caribbean Carnival’ came tom-tomming into town with its musical voodooing Friday evening.

2005 D. Martin Facing Rushmore x. 64 You don't want to be caught on FBI video tom-tomming for an Indian.

b. transitive. To play (a rhythm or piece of music) in a monotonous or heavy manner, as if on a tom-tom; to play (a rhythm) on a tom-tom or drum.

ΚΠ

1875 Med. Press & Circular 4 Aug. 88/2 A melancholy orchestra sleepily jingled, cymbaled, tootled, and tom-tommed dreary dirges.

1898 H. J. Barker Comic Side School Life 29 Able to tom-tom easy accompaniments on the piano.

1935 Light (San Antonio, Texas) 3 Oct. 1/4 An ancient, coal-black bearded giant tom-tommed a slow beat of 20 to a minute on a kettle drum.

1967 Arizona Republic 8 Dec. 78/3 The band's bass drummer tom-tommed accompaniment to every visiting team's free throw.

2005 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 19 Feb. r4 Brackeen tom-tommed a few bass notes.

Derivatives

ˈtom-tommer n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > percussion player > [noun] > drummer > of specific types of drum

taburnistera1340

tabor1362

tabreta1377

tympanister1382

nakerera1400

taborerc1400

taborner14..

kettledrum1542

tympanist1611

kettledrummer1683

tom-tommer1871

trap-drummer1903

Lambegger1938

timpanist1939

pan-man1959

tamboo-bambooist1959

steel drummer1960

1871 ‘Aliph Cheem’ Lays of Ind 39 The dancers..Keeping time to the pipers' and tomtommers' strains.

1907 T. R. Swinburne Holiday in Happy Valley 255 The beaters redoubled their shouts, and the tom-tommers seemed like to burst their drums.

2010 DNA (Nexis) 5 Dec. Those the world at large will remember are the tom-tommers of their own credentials.

ˈtom-tomming n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of drums

tuck of druma1500

dubc1572

dub-a-dub1582

tucking1632

drumming1663

beat1672

vellum thunder1716

rattan1764

hub a dub1777

drum1810

drum beat1817

tom-tomming1833

bum-bum1844

rataplan1846

tom-tom1863

tattooing1871

tumming1882

tan-tan1893

1833 Court Mag. Sept. 92/2 The black pack were exerting their powers to arouse the sweet-toothed grunter from his lair, by hooting, chattering, hallooing, and tom-tomming (as the flagellation of the spirit-stirring kettle is there denominated).

1932 A. Huxley Brave New World v. 97 The President leaned forward and, with a touch, released a delirium of cymbals and blown brass, a fever of tom-tomming.

2015 Times of India (Nexis) 29 May He slammed the Centre for bogus tom-tomming of economic recovery.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tom-tom
释义	tom-tomn.int. Brit. /ˈtɒmtɒm/, U.S. /ˈtɑmˌtɑm/ Forms: 1600s– tom-tom, 1700s–1900s tam-tam, 1800s tum-tum. Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi ṭamṭam. Etymology: < Hindi ṭamṭam, imitative of the sound of the instrument; compare the related or similarly formed Bengali ṭamṭam noise of rain drops, also Sanskrit ṭam twang, ḍam noise of a drum, and further (perhaps influenced by Sanskrit) Telugu ṭamaṭama and Tamil tampaṭṭam, both in sense ‘tom-tom’.Forms with o may reflect a Bengali pronunciation of the Hindi word. Compare tong-tong, recorded by N.E.D. (1913) as a form of this word, but apparently showing a borrowing < Malay tong-tong a clapper, a tube of wood or bamboo struck with a knocker; perhaps of imitative origin. 1. a. A type of hand-beaten drum traditionally used in India. Later also: any of various similar traditional drums used in societies elsewhere in Asia, in Africa, the Americas, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > other drums taborinc1500 swash1533 war-drum1593 wolf-drum1605 saddle drum1617 tombak1662 tom-tom1693 goombay1790 rommelpot1790 rommelpot?1798 water drum1824 pahu1829 tabl1831 tambourin1832 dholuck1837 nagara1839 tree-drum1850 ngoma1860 talking drum1897 pot drum1907 friction drum1909 trap-drum1924 ghoema1934 tamboo1942 tassa1948 steel drum1952 conga drum1955 roto-tom1968 conga1969 Isukuti1972 steel pan1973 syndrum1979 1693 in J. T. Wheeler Madras in Olden Time (1861) I. xii. 268 That to-morrow morning the Choultry Justices do cause the Tom Tom to be beat through all the streets of the Black Town. 1764 in J. Long Select. Rec. Govt. relating to Bengal (1869) 391 You will give strict orders to Zemindars to furnish Oil and Musshauls, and Tom Toms and Pikemen, &c., according to custom. 1782 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 1 249 The music is composed of small drums called tamtams. 1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) IV. 186 Let the cause of their punishment be published in the Bazaar by beat of tom tom. 1814 M. M. Sherwood Stories Church Catech. (ed. 4) iv. 15 They were almost deafened by the sound of their tum-tums and trumpets. 1860 H. B. Tristram Great Sahara xi. 184 The chief characteristic of the affair was the noise of drums and tomtoms. 1933 E. Waugh Let. 1 Jan. (1980) 68 Outside in the night air I can hear the tom-toms of hostile Indians encamped around us. 1960 Life 28 Mar. 29/3 Jack shuffled uneasily through an Indian dance with a wrinkled squaw while two old tom-toms beat out the rhythm. 2008 S. Brouwer Thunderbird Spirit viii. 55 You think..my parents and I should live on a reservation somewhere, beating tom-toms and living in tepees. b. figurative and in figurative contexts. Frequently with allusion to the practice of beating a tom-tom (sense 1a) to give notice of or call attention to something, or as an expression of enthusiasm. Cf. tom-tom v. 2. ΚΠ 1851 F. Walpole Ansayrii III. ix. 228 She was the first wife of the man whose tomtoms of joy yet sounded in my ear. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Apr. 1/1 Those preparations about which the journalistic tom-tom is being beaten so vigorously. 1918 Bankers' Monthly Nov. 48/2 These giants of industry sounded the tom-toms for reveille in our first real maneuvering for an incursion into foreign climes for world-business. 1958 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 22 Dec. 8/3 Happily the American scientists this time were spared the tom-tom of publicity. 2004 BusinessWeek 1 Nov. 92/1 They are really in the thick of what's happening in their area of functional expertise... They have the contacts; they hear the tom-toms. c. A tall low-toned hand-beaten drum without snares, used esp. by pop, rock, and jazz groups. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > low-pitched drum tom-tom1909 tom1970 1909 Violinist Feb. 14 Bass drum, cymbals, high tam-tam, low tam-tam, triangle, snare drums, chimes. 1934 E. Little Mod. Rhythmic Drumming 26 No outfit is complete without at least one tomtom. 1977 C. Appice Rudim. to Rock ii. 38 You might wish to play all accented notes on the tom-tom to further develop your facility. 2001 Mojo Aug. 52/1 Bev would lay down drums and then double-track certain elements, usually the snare and tom-toms. 2. The sound of a tom-tom being struck; a drumming, beating, or knocking sound. Also as int.: representing such a sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > regular or alternating rhythm > drumming randana1661 rub-a-duba1661 drumming1663 row dow dow1701 rub-a-dub-dub1714 tattoo1755 rattan1764 drum1810 rataplan1846 kettledrumming1848 tom-tom1863 tattooing1871 tumming1882 tum1911 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of drums tuck of druma1500 dubc1572 dub-a-dub1582 tucking1632 drumming1663 beat1672 vellum thunder1716 rattan1764 hub a dub1777 drum1810 drum beat1817 tom-tomming1833 bum-bum1844 rataplan1846 tom-tom1863 tattooing1871 tumming1882 tan-tan1893 1863 Chambers's Jrnl. 1 Aug. 65/2 The hiss of the groom recalls the stable-door, the bucket, the sponge, and ammonia. The bleat of the lamb carries us another way. The tom-tom of the Hindu beggar strikes the contrast between the East and the West. The peal from the steeple [etc.]. 1868 C. W. Dilke Greater Brit. II. xvi. 339 The tomtom-ing gradually increased..until a perfect storm of ‘tom-a-tom, tomtom, tom-a-tom, tomtom’, burst from all quarters of the town. 1898 E. A. H. Alderson Mounted Infantry Mashonaland v. 90 Then ‘Tom-tom, tom-tom, tom, tom-a-tom, tom’, go the war drums; out go the fires. 1912 Eng. Rev. Mar. 615 The tom-tom of the watchman could be heard. 1960 M. Spark Ballad of Peckham Rye iii. 50 The long cupboard in Dougal's bedroom gave out a loud tom-tom as the rain beat on the low roof within. 2014 B. Weber Life is Wheel (2015) 324 I was conscious of the rapid tom-tom of my heart. Compounds General attributive and objective, as tom-tom drum, tom-tom player, etc. ΚΠ 1792 T. Law Sketch Late Arrangem. Bengal 196 Tomtom Beater. 1857 J. G. Wilkinson Egyptians 28 The trumpet was chiefly confined to the military band; to which also belonged, though not exclusively, the tomtom drum, the clappers, and a few others. 1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 59 The band consisted of three fiddlers and a tam-tam beater. 1908 H. H. Johnston G. Grenfell & Congo II. xxv. 719 A drum of the tom-tom form is used. 1971 V. Stanton Keith Partridge Master Spy 44 Again, Keith's heart was beating tom-tom style. 2008 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 17 Nov. 28 To the side, a tom-tom player slapped his drum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tom-tomv. Brit. /ˈtɒmtɒm/, U.S. /ˈtɑmˌtɑm/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: tom-tom n. Etymology: < tom-tom n. 1. transitive. With adverbial complement: to accompany, dismiss, or lead (a person) with the beating of tom-toms. Hence: to force or coerce (a person) out of or into something as if by the beating of tom-toms. Cf. drum v.¹ 4, 5. Now rare. ΚΠ 1792 Trial of Avadanum Paupiah App. p. vii/2 Vencatachilla was sentenced to receive corporal punishment, and to be tom tomed out of the bounds, not to return. 1836 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. 19 ii. 190/2 Having been seated on a horse, he was tom-tomed to the door of the mosque. 1875 J. A. Bayley Reminisc. School & Army Life iv. 63 Sentenced..to be paraded and tomtomed round the camp on a donkey, with his face to the tail. 1892 Madison (Indiana) Weekly Democrat 8 Sept. The intelligent public is not to be tomtommed into believing that this sort of business deal can possibly benefit in any way the cause of American labor. 1902 Chillicothe (Missouri) Constit. 16 Dec. 6/1 The Democracy..must win back the host of small business men tom-tommed out of the party during the..panic of 1896. 1905 Chron. London Missionary Soc. Oct. 280/2 When we left for another camp, the Christians ‘tom-tommed’ us out of the village. 1941 Port Arthur (Texas) News 6 Jan. 4/5 The public has been war-danced and tom-tommed by equivocal propaganda into..considering such a bill. 2. a. transitive. Chiefly Anglo-Indian and Indian English. To give notice of or call attention to (something) by beating a tom-tom. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > sound signal on instrument [verb (transitive)] > on drum strike1572 beata1640 tom-tom1824 1824 in W. Hough Pract. Courts-martial (1834) v. 175 That the order for the assembly of the court be tom-tomed through the bazars and cantonments. 1850 Morning Chron. 19 Aug. 2/5 These [proclamations] were read to the inferior headmen—tomtomed through the district—posted up in different places. 1857 S. Hislop in G. Smith Life (1888) v. 166 It had been tom-tomed in the city that all who are too poor to lay in a supply of provisions should leave. 1901 Mission Field 1 Feb. 62 It is the reddi of each village who has to get the news tom-tommed that relief will be distributed, say, at the collector's office. 2005 M. S. Pannu Partners of Brit. Rule xvi. 322 He had tomtommed in the morning that no gatherings would be permitted. b. transitive. figurative. To announce or make known, esp. persistently, pressingly, or to a wide audience. Also: to boast or speak enthusiastically about. Also intransitive with about. Now chiefly Indian English. ΚΠ 1932 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 19 July 4/3 Many loud-mouths of the spotlight tom-tommed only havoc to the world. 1961 A. Sillitoe Key to Door (1962) xiv. 189 Mr. Jones didn't turn up to school and word was tom-tommed around that he was ill. 1987 Blitz (Bombay) 3 Jan. 7/5 The Ministers showed their peevishness by tomtomming in the Goa papers that they had resigned. 2004 Stardust (Internat. ed.) June 118/3 She's a very grounded star and never tom toms about her success..when she has every reason to do so. 3. a. intransitive. To beat or play on a tom-tom or drum; to drum, beat, or knock on something; to produce a drumming sound. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > beating drum > beat drum [verb (intransitive)] tabor1377 taborna1400 nakerc1425 drum1597 dub-a-dub1598 to beat a drum1621 rub-a-dub1837 beat1841 to beat a tattoo1841 tom-tom1860 rataplan1863 tambourin1884 1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 414 A man tomtoming lustily upon a kettle-drum shaped like an European hourglass. 1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 118 My friends..trumpet, bugle, and ‘tam-tam’ all day long. 1917 Boys' Life Jan. 7/1 The mill man ‘tom-tommed’ on a tin pan with a stick and sang in very good imitation of an Indian. 1947 Hutchinson (Kansas) News-Herald 9 Dec. 4/2 ‘Caribbean Carnival’ came tom-tomming into town with its musical voodooing Friday evening. 2005 D. Martin Facing Rushmore x. 64 You don't want to be caught on FBI video tom-tomming for an Indian. b. transitive. To play (a rhythm or piece of music) in a monotonous or heavy manner, as if on a tom-tom; to play (a rhythm) on a tom-tom or drum. ΚΠ 1875 Med. Press & Circular 4 Aug. 88/2 A melancholy orchestra sleepily jingled, cymbaled, tootled, and tom-tommed dreary dirges. 1898 H. J. Barker Comic Side School Life 29 Able to tom-tom easy accompaniments on the piano. 1935 Light (San Antonio, Texas) 3 Oct. 1/4 An ancient, coal-black bearded giant tom-tommed a slow beat of 20 to a minute on a kettle drum. 1967 Arizona Republic 8 Dec. 78/3 The band's bass drummer tom-tommed accompaniment to every visiting team's free throw. 2005 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 19 Feb. r4 Brackeen tom-tommed a few bass notes. Derivatives ˈtom-tommer n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > percussion player > [noun] > drummer > of specific types of drum taburnistera1340 tabor1362 tabreta1377 tympanister1382 nakerera1400 taborerc1400 taborner14.. kettledrum1542 tympanist1611 kettledrummer1683 tom-tommer1871 trap-drummer1903 Lambegger1938 timpanist1939 pan-man1959 tamboo-bambooist1959 steel drummer1960 1871 ‘Aliph Cheem’ Lays of Ind 39 The dancers..Keeping time to the pipers' and tomtommers' strains. 1907 T. R. Swinburne Holiday in Happy Valley 255 The beaters redoubled their shouts, and the tom-tommers seemed like to burst their drums. 2010 DNA (Nexis) 5 Dec. Those the world at large will remember are the tom-tommers of their own credentials. ˈtom-tomming n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of drums tuck of druma1500 dubc1572 dub-a-dub1582 tucking1632 drumming1663 beat1672 vellum thunder1716 rattan1764 hub a dub1777 drum1810 drum beat1817 tom-tomming1833 bum-bum1844 rataplan1846 tom-tom1863 tattooing1871 tumming1882 tan-tan1893 1833 Court Mag. Sept. 92/2 The black pack were exerting their powers to arouse the sweet-toothed grunter from his lair, by hooting, chattering, hallooing, and tom-tomming (as the flagellation of the spirit-stirring kettle is there denominated). 1932 A. Huxley Brave New World v. 97 The President leaned forward and, with a touch, released a delirium of cymbals and blown brass, a fever of tom-tomming. 2015 Times of India (Nexis) 29 May He slammed the Centre for bogus tom-tomming of economic recovery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.int.1693v.1792
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