tambourine
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˌtæm.bəˈɹiːn/
Noun

tambourine (plural tambourines)

  1. A 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.
    • 2006, Gayle Soucek, Doves (page 78)
      Tambourines are shy birds and do not tame easily.
  3. A kind of Provençal dance.
  4. The music for this dance.
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