tum
tum — noun
- tumsingular
- tumsplural
1. a child's or playful word for your stomach, or for the soft front part below you
a child's or playful word for your stomach, or for the soft front part below your chest
Yara held her tum and said the soup was too spicy.
child speech: say your tum hurts
After the ride, Caleb lay on the grass rubbing his tum.
Nala laughed when the baby kicked against her tum.
The doctor pressed Elena's tum gently to check where it hurt.
用法筆記
Mainly used with young children or in playful family talk. Adults usually say 'stomach' in neutral conversation.
tum — verb
- tumpresent simple I / you / we / they
- tums3rd person singular
- tumming-ing form
- tummedpast simple
1. to separate and fluff wool so it is ready for later carding or spinning
to separate and fluff wool so it is ready for later carding or spinning
At the mill, Soraya tummed the wet wool before carding began.
tum + wool in textile work
The worker used a light comb to tum each fleece by hand.
An old guide shows workers how to tum wool for smoother spinning.
In winter, the team tummed rough wool beside the drying stove.
文法句型
tum + wool
tum + fleece
用法筆記
Used in old or specialist textile contexts. The object is usually wool or fleece before later carding or spinning.
2. to make a low repeated drum sound, especially in a tum-tum rhythm
to make a low repeated drum sound, especially in a tum-tum rhythm
The toy drum tummed softly while Apinya marched around the room.
imitative drum sound
From the street below, festival drums tummed long after midnight.
In the dark hall, one drum tummed before the song began.
Behind the curtain, two small drums tummed a slow welcome.
文法句型
drums tum
tum + softly
tum + in the dark
用法筆記
Very rare and mostly imitative or literary. It describes the sound itself, not the general action of playing music.