tumtum (tumtum)

[Appar. ult. imitative of the beating of a drum; cf. tum2 and tomtom.] 1. A favorite dish in the West Indies, made by beating boiled plantains quite soft in a wooden mortar. It is eaten like a potato-pudding, or made into round cakes and fried.-2. Same as tom - tom. tumular (tū'mū-lär), a. [