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Tambourine
/ˌtæm.bəˈɹiːn/
A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.
📖 Definitions of "Tambourine"
noun
- 1
A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.
- 2
A tambourine dove.
- 3
A kind of Provençal dance.
- 4
The music for this dance.
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