tambourine
noun
tam·bou·rine
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Definition of tambourine
: a small drum
especially
: a shallow one-headed drum with loose metallic disks at the sides played especially by shaking or striking with the hand
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Examples of tambourine in a Sentence
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And when Schultz threw his tambourine over his shoulder to wade into the crowd, there wasn’t even that. — Dylan Owens, The Know, "With Mission Ballroom, Denver finally has the concert venue it deserves," 8 Aug. 2019 His remix of multi-instrumentalist Dexter Story’s 2015 work merges bits of keyboard, hand clap, tambourine, analog synth and Ras’ gentle scat-singing to create a mystical new track. — Los Angeles Times, "California Sounds: Three essential Ras G tracks you should know," 31 July 2019 The 2019 America's Got Talent judges are getting called out for putting through Gonzo the tambourine man and not Ansley Burns on last night's season 14 judge cuts show. — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "'AGT' Judges (Especially Simon) Are Getting Major Backlash After a "Terrible" Tuesday Night," 31 July 2019 People protesting years of corruption, government dysfunction and an anemic economy swept into the capital city to the beat of drums, tambourines and maracas, buoyed by the support of the Puerto Rican diaspora on the U.S. mainland and beyond. — Kayla Epstein, The Denver Post, "Puerto Ricans shut down highway, march toward Capitol to demand that governor resign," 22 July 2019 The tambourine, which taps its way through the take with relentless precision. — Randall Roberts, latimes.com, "We inhaled all 16 hours of Radiohead's ‘OK Computer’ sessions. Here are the best bits," 11 June 2019 Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the Capitol on Wednesday and marched to the governor's mansion, playing tambourines and banging on pots and pans. — Mayra Cuevas And Dakin Andone, CNN, "Puerto Rico braces for Friday protests amid calls for governor's ouster," 19 July 2019 With Ava’s help, Ari shook a tiny maraca, played a hand drum, held tight to some colorful ribbons and reached high over her head to grab a small green tambourine. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Music therapy brings unity, hope to family with child on hospice," 10 July 2019 Last year, some youngsters brought metal pails, others brought buckets or rain sticks and someone brought a tambourine to add to the percussive music. — Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, "Welcome summer with drumming celebration on Waukegan Beach," 3 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tambourine.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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tambourine
noun
English Language Learners Definition of tambourine
: a small musical instrument that is held in one hand and played by shaking or hitting it with the other hand
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tambourine
noun
tam·bou·rine
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Kids Definition of tambourine
: a small shallow drum with only one head and loose metal disks around the rim that is played by shaking or hitting with the hand
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