"tum tum" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tum tums [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tum tum (plural tum tums)
  1. Alternative form of tum-tum (“tummy”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tum-tum (extra: tummy)
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  2. Alternative form of tum-tum (“kind of vehicle”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tum-tum (extra: kind of vehicle)
    Sense id: en-tum_tum-en-noun-24VpyOgk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 46 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 48 47 5 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 47 46 7 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 47 5
  3. Alternative form of tumtum (“kind of drum”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tumtum (extra: kind of drum)
    Sense id: en-tum_tum-en-noun-~TQDbZBe

Inflected forms

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