tam-tam
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tam-tam
First recorded in 1775–85; variant of tom-tom
Example Sentences
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“They had a huge tam-tam in one room, and I said, ‘What about that, can I rent that?’” he recalled about the period shortly before the conductor Michael Tilson Thomas led the piece in 1972.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
A large tam-tam, for instance, was brushed not struck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2018
It’s as if they said, ‘Doudou, don’t go to school, you must come and play the tam-tam.’
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2015
Rose was known to have introduced traditional Senegalese music, notably music using the tam-tam, to the world.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 19, 2015
Come fleetly, come fleetly, my hookabadar, For the sound of the tam-tam is heard from afar.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells
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