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tambourine

tam·bou·rine

tambourine

 
pronunciation:
taem b rin
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part of speech: noun
definition: a small, shallow, one-sided drum with jingling metal disks attached around the rim, played by shaking with one hand and striking with the other. Some tambourines do not have a drum head and make sound only with the colliding of the metal disks.
 
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