: a concave metal plate (as of brass or bronze) that produces a brilliant clashing tone and that is struck with a drumstick or is used in pairs struck glancingly together
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Loud cymbal crash: Two kick ass-rock drummers, Josh Freese and Zak Starkey, have been fired by their respective bands within days of each other.
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 May 2025
Though well-preserved, the cymbals also experienced some degradation over the millennia.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
But the soul of that album — its crashing cymbals, warm reverb and its sense of expansive solitude and melancholy — still feels tethered to that beach house in the middle of nowhere, at least to Parker.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The high-end response on the acoustic guitar strings and cymbals is remarkable.
—PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 May 2025
Though well-preserved, the cymbals also experienced some degradation over the millennia.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
But the soul of that album — its crashing cymbals, warm reverb and its sense of expansive solitude and melancholy — still feels tethered to that beach house in the middle of nowhere, at least to Parker.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The high-end response on the acoustic guitar strings and cymbals is remarkable.
—PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
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“Cymbal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cymbal. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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