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Definition of Tam-tam
1. Noun. A percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick.
Generic synonyms: Percussion Instrument, Percussive Instrument
Derivative terms: Gong
Definition of Tam-tam
1. Noun. a flat gong (without knob) that is struck with a felt-covered hammer ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tam-tam
Literary usage of Tam-tam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Disgrace the tapering outline ofyour feet. tam-tam, ». and v. See tom-tom. ...
Urania. tamtam-metal (tam'tam-met'al), n. Same as gong-metal. ..."
2. Music: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and by William Smythe Babcock Mathews (1805)
""M. Gailhard, have you no other tam-tam? This one has not resonance enough." M.
GAILHARD. ... I desire a true tam-tam, cost what it may." (The Sabbath. ..."
3. The Latin Tutor, Or, An Introduction to the Making of Latin: Containing a by Daniel Dana (1813)
"The adverbs tam, tam, tam late, and unquam, come not only be-" fore, but immediately
before the words modified by them. "Hoc tantum bellum, tam turpe, ..."
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