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tam·bou·rine 
[tam-buh-reen] Pronunciation Key
[tam-buh-reen] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a small drum consisting of a circular frame with a skin stretched over it and several pairs of metal jingles attached to the frame, played by striking with the knuckles, shaking, and the like. |
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| tam·bou·rine
(tām'bə-rēn') Pronunciation Key
n.
[French tambourin, small drum, from Old French; see tambourin.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
tambourine
tambourine
1782, in the modern sense of "parchment-covered hoop with pieces of metal attached;" earlier "a small drum" (1579), from Fr. tambourin "long narrow drum used in Provence," dim. of tambour "drum," altered by infl. of Arabic tunbur "drum" (originally "lute") from O.Fr. tabour (see tabor). The sense evolutions present some difficulties, and in some 17c. and early 18c. references it is difficult to say what sort of instrument is intended. Earlier names for this type of instrument were tambour de basque (1688), also timbre and timbrel. Tambour itself is attested in Eng. from 1484.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| tambourine | |
noun | |
| a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Tambourine
Tam`bour*ine"\, n. A South American wild dove (Tympanistria tympanistria), mostly white, with black-tiped wings and tail. Its resonant note is said to be ventriloquous.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Tambourine
Tam`bour*ine"\, n. [F. tambourin; cf. It. tamburino. See Tambour, and cf. Tamborine.] A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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