especially: a shallow one-headed drum with loose metallic disks at the sides played especially by shaking or striking with the hand
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A’ja Wilson stood inside a circle of her Las Vegas Aces teammates on Friday, playing a tambourine.—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025 After the win, Wilson walked around the bowels of Mortgage Matchup Center, rattling a pink tambourine that an Aces trainer gave her.—Ben Pickman, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025 Wilson played a tambourine in celebration of Gray's comments on Friday.—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025 As darkness fell, Price, sometimes with a guitar and sometimes a tambourine and sometimes just the mic, served as a fun bridge between the rootsy afternoon sound and the both increasingly folksy Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Dave Matthews (and Tim Reynolds) and John Mellencamp.—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tambourine
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