"tam-tam" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tam-tams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tam-tam (plural tam-tams)
  1. (music) A flat gong (without knob) that is struck with a felt-covered hammer. Categories (topical): Musical instruments, Percussion instruments Translations (flat gong): tam-tam [masculine] (Catalan), tamtamo (Esperanto), tamtam [masculine] (French), tam-tam [masculine] (French), Tamtam [neuter] (German), tam-tam [masculine] (Italian), tam-tam [masculine] (Polish), tam-tam [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-tam-tam-en-noun-g-TflfAm Disambiguation of Percussion instruments: 80 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 18 3 38 1 3 3 1 35 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: tam-tams [present, singular, third-person], tam-tamming [participle, present], tam-tammed [participle, past], tam-tammed [past]
Etymology: Imitative. Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} tam-tam (third-person singular simple present tam-tams, present participle tam-tamming, simple past and past participle tam-tammed)
  1. (intransitive, dated) To beat on a drum. Tags: dated, intransitive Related terms: tom-tom
    Sense id: en-tam-tam-en-verb-kCiHpC1Q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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