A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.

To play the tambourine. / To make a sound like a tambourine.

plural of tambourine

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tambourine

Someone who plays the tambourine.

plural of tambouriner

simple past tense and past participle of tambourine

Obsolete form of tambourine (percussion instrument) / (obsolete) An old lively Provençal dance, common on the stage.

plural of tambourin

present participle of tambourine