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tum
[tuhm]
verb (used with object)
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
tum
/ ʌ /
noun
an informal or childish word for stomach
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tum1
Example Sentences
Most importantly, some witnesses were directed by the White House not to tum over potentially privileged information...
There are the standards of Thai takeout — curries and kee mao, fried rice and som tum.
So perhaps in this particular case, Markle’s much-commented upon “mum tum” has less to do with her revolutionary spirit and more with female physiology.
Her eyes well up and she clutches her tum.
She was too frail for our tum bling, but she let us go on anyway, smiling a toothless smile, her large eyes, the unending blue of a summer sky, sparkling with pleasure.
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