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Tambourine
Definition 2024
tambourine
tambourine
See also: tambouriné
English
Noun
tambourine (plural tambourines)
- 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.
- A tambourine dove.
- 2006, Gayle Soucek, Doves (page 78)
- Tambourines are shy birds and do not tame easily.
- 2006, Gayle Soucek, Doves (page 78)
Derived terms
Translations
percussion instrument
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French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: tambourinent, tambourines
Verb
tambourine
- first-person singular present indicative of tambouriner
- third-person singular present indicative of tambouriner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of tambouriner
- third-person singular present subjunctive of tambouriner
- second-person singular imperative of tambouriner