Meaning of TAMBOURINE
| Pronunciation: | | `tambu'reen
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| | Definition: | | [n] a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides |
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| | See Also: | | drum, membranophone, tympan | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing or playing a tambourine in your dream, foretells that you will have much pleasure and enjoyment from an event that is soon to occur. |
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