tambourinatev.
/tambəˈriːneɪt/ transitive. To beat (a rhythm) as on a tambourine. (Only in the works of C. Mackenzie.)
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [verb (transitive)] > mark rhythm or measure > by beating, etc.
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1913 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. I. i. iv. 47 He tambourinated upon the window-pane a gay little tune.
1928 C. Mackenzie Extremes Meet 63 Waterlow tambourinated with his knuckles on the shop-door the rhythm of the soldier's chorus from Faust.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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