n. 手鼓, 单调的拍打

[ noun ]
any of various drums with small heads
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Tom-tom \Tom"-tom`\ (t[o^]m"t[o^]m`), n.
See {Tam-tam}.

Tam-tam \Tam"-tam`\, n. [Hind.; of imitative origin.] (Mus.)
(a) A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental
countries; -- called also {tom-tom}.
(b) A gong. See {Gong}, n., 1.