What is another word for tambourine?

Pronunciation: [tˈambəɹˌiːn] (IPA)

A tambourine is a percussion instrument commonly used in folk and popular music. It has a round frame, often made of wood or plastic, and is covered with a stretched animal skin or synthetic material. The tambourine is played by shaking or striking the jingles, which are small metal discs attached to the frame. Synonyms for the tambourine include pandeiro, pandereta, timbrel, and rattle drum. In different cultures, variations of the tambourine have been developed, such as the Arabic riq, the Indian daf, and the Irish bodhrán. The tambourine's bright sound adds energy and rhythm to any musical performance.

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Usage examples for Tambourine

I was never allowed a candle to light me to bed, and, as I went upstairs in the dark, with my head tingling-from Mrs. Joe's thimble having played the tambourine upon it, to accompany her last words-I felt fearfully sensible of the great convenience that the hulks were handy for me.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
He must have had them sent-that tambourine girl could never have afforded these-why, they were pure silk-and the quality!
"The Literary Sense"
E. Nesbit
When Chub's tambourine flew whirling out of his hand and fell into Mrs. Emery's lap it seemed an excellent joke.
"The Crimson Sweater"
Ralph Henry Barbour

Famous quotes with Tambourine

  • Ted, I noted, was very busy - at the pumps, at the glasses behind, the bottles below, the merrily ringing till, like a percussion-player in some modern work who dashes with confidence from xylophone to glockenspiel to triangle to wind-machine to big drum to tambourine.
    Anthony Burgess

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