tambourine• Some one was beating what sounded like a tambourine, and, high above all this, Robert thought he heard a flute.• Directly in front of him were two wind-upmonkeys, one with a tambourine and the other with a drum.• A church's liveliness should not be judged by the singing, dancing or tambourine playing.• The boys, the drums, the tambourines, the highwaydisappeared.• Yes, the monitors, the bassplayer, the tambourine - the lot.• Percy can play anything from the triangle to the tambourine.• It starts lean and mean, just a slash of overdrivenguitar with tambourine keeping time.• Praise him with tambourines and dancing, Praise him with flute and strings.
Origintambourine
(1500-1600)Old Frenchtambourin, from tambour“drum”, from Arabictanbur