释义 |
tambourinate, v.|tæmbəˈriːneɪt| [f. tambourine n. + -ate3.] trans. To beat (a rhythm) as on a tambourine. (Only in the works of C. Mackenzie.)
1913C. Mackenzie Sinister Street I. i. iv. 47 He tambourinated upon the window-pane a gay little tune. 1928― Extremes Meet 63 Waterlow tambourinated with his knuckles on the shop-door the rhythm of the soldier's chorus from Faust. |