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Meanings of finger cymbals in English

Portuguese
castanhola
Catalan
castanyoles

A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.

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Synonyms
Examples for "bones"
Examples for "bones"
1
I thought of Tour de France riders who continue with broken bones.
The Guardian
2
Excessive use of cannabis can lead to brittle bones, new research suggests.
The Guardian
3
Doctors said there was no evidence that Warmbier suffered any broken bones.
Reuters
4
She also started her fascination with human bones at a young age.
Wired
5
This time I hadn't merely identified bones and distinguished left from right.
Grave Secrets
1
He even joined a course to learn how to play the castanets.
A warrior's life: a biography of paulo coelho
2
Those with the castanets were the Ebisu party and formed the chorus.
Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life
3
The sound of the castanets seemed to make her alive all over.
Elsie Venner
4
Over her thumb hung castanets and in her hand was a tambourine.
Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
5
And she danced about the room, snapping her fingers instead of castanets.
An Unsocial Socialist
1
The mill-streams that turn the clappers of the world arise in solitary places.
Searchlights on Health: The Science of Eugenics
2
The nightwatchman would return and sound the alarm on his clappers.
Shinjū
3
Down below, the pulses would sound like bell clappers on the pod's skin.
Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex
4
But the gang of clappers in the foremost rows of the pit applauded furiously.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
5
They could be crooked staves or throw-sticks, batons or clappers used in ritual dance.
The Guardian
1
The game turns your Wii-mote into a virtual maraca -a brilliant use of the controller.
Wired
2
The bartender, a hipster with a handlebar moustache, shook a silver cocktail shaker like a maraca.
Sloane Sisters
3
The game featured novel maraca controllers that enabled the player to shake along with the music to score points.
Wired
4
Actually, I was pretty disturbed when it came to the butterflies in my stomach region doing a maraca rumba.
Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
5
The drummer shook a maraca.
Burned
Translations for finger cymbals
Portuguese
castanhola