tambourine
nounA percussion instrument consisting of a small drumhead with jingling disks fitted into the rim, usually played by shaking and striking with the hand.
nounA similar instrument without a drumhead.
nounA parchment-covered racket, resembling a battledore, with which the ball is thrown in the game of tamburello (which see).
nounA small drum formed of a ring or hoop of wood or sometimes of metal, over which is stretched a single head of parchment.
nounA long narrow drum or tabor used in Provence; also, a bottle-shaped drum used in Egypt.
nounA Provençal dance originally executed to the sound of tabor and pipe, with or without singing.
nounMusic for such a dance, in duple rhythm and quick tempo, and usually accompanied by a drone bass of a single tone, as the tonic or the dominant, as if played by rubbing the finger across a tambourine.
nounA remarkable pigeon of Africa, Tympanistria bicolor. See cut under
A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel.
nounA South American wild dove (