tambourine

4 definitions found

tambourine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

  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 1913 Suppl.]

tambourine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tambourine
      n 1: a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic
           disks in the sides

tambourine - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "tambourine":
     bongo drum, conga, drum, drumhead, drumskin, drumstick, jazz stick,
     kettle, kettledrum, membranophone, side drum, snare, snare drum,
     tabor, taboret, tabret, tam-tam, tenor drum, timbrel, timpani,
     tom-tom, troll-drum, tymp stick, tympan, tympanon, tympanum,
     war drum