tambour de basque — meaning in English
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English meaning
- tambourine noun A small percussion instrument made of a round frame with jingling metal discs set into its rim, played by shaking or striking it.
Senses
tambour de basque is used for these senses in English:
- tambourine 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.
tambourine — full definition
- noun A small percussion instrument made of a round frame with jingling metal discs set into its rim, played by shaking or striking it.
- verb To play a tambourine, or to make a jingling sound like one.
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