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Meanings of
bull-roarers
in English
Russian
аэрофон вихревой
Portuguese
rombo
Catalan
brunzidor
Spanish
churinga
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Ritual musical instrument used for communicating over great distances.
whizzer
rhombus
bullroarer
turndun
bull-roarer
thunderstick
Russian
аэрофон вихревой
Usage of
bull-roarers
in English
1
Nearly all of them had ratchets or droning pipes or
bull
-
roarers
or circle-bowed strings clamoring out their own particular recognition signal.
2
When boys go through the mystic ceremony of initiation they are shown turnduns, or
bull
-
roarers
,
and made to listen to their hideous din.
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Translations for
bull-roarers
Russian
аэрофон вихревой
Portuguese
rombo
Catalan
brunzidor
Spanish
churinga
bramadera