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tambourine
noun
tam·bou·rine
ˌtam-bə-ˈrēn 
: a small drum
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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Streets shut down as trumpets, tambourines, and drums echo through neighborhoods, while millions of people adorn themselves in shimmering color to celebrate for days.
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Aaron Randolph, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Not a tambourine, not a brief turn at the piano — nothing.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
The tambourine-wielding doll wears a witchy, all-black look lifted from the cover of Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 masterwork.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
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
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Aaron Randolph, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Not a tambourine, not a brief turn at the piano — nothing.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
The tambourine-wielding doll wears a witchy, all-black look lifted from the cover of Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 masterwork.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
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
See All Example Sentences for tambourine
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“Tambourine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tambourine. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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tambourine
noun
tam·bou·rine
ˌtam-bə-ˈrēn
: a shallow drum with one head and loose metal disks at the sides that is played by shaking or striking with the hand
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