KETTLEDRUMS

Meaning of KETTLEDRUMS in English

Cupid's kettle drums; a woman's breasts, called by sailors chest and bedding.

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

KETTLEDRUMS — Литавры
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
KETTLEDRUMS — Литавры
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
TIMPANI — also tympani noun plural but singular or plural in construction see: tympanum Date: circa 1854 a set of two or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TIMPANI — or kettledrums Large bowl-shaped drums with pedal mechanisms for altering their pitch by changing the membrane's tension. The timpani are …
Английский словарь Британика
TYMPANIST — ˈtimpənə̇st noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin tympanista, from Greek tympanistēs, from tympanizein to beat a drum, from tympanon drum …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIMPANIST — ˈtimpənə̇st noun ( -s ) Etymology: timpani + -ist : one who plays the kettledrums : tympanist
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIMPANI — ˈtimpə(ˌ)nē, -_ni noun plural but sometimes singular in construction Etymology: Italian, plural of timpano kettledrum, from Latin tympanum drum — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KETTLEDRUMMER — “ə(r) noun : one that plays the kettledrums
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TYMPANO — (n.) A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum.
Английский словарь Webster
TYMPANO — ( n. ) A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TYMPANIST — /tim"peuh nist/ , n. a person who plays the drums, esp. the kettledrums, in an orchestra. [ 1605-15; tympanista tympanistés, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TIMPANI — — timpanist , n. /tim"peuh nee/ , n. ( used with a sing. or pl. v. ) a set of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TYMPANI — n. timpani, kettledrums
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TIMPANI — n. set of kettledrums that are played by one musician
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TIMPANI — also tym·pa·ni ˈtim-pə-nē Etymology: Italian, plural of timpano kettledrum, from Latin tympanum drum — more at tympanum Date: circa 1854 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TYMPANO — noun a kettledrum; chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. ·see kettledrum.
Webster English vocab
TIMPANI — [ 'tɪmpəni ] (also tympani ) ■ plural noun kettledrums. Derivatives ~st noun Origin C19: from Ital., plural of timpano …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TIMPANI — [tim.pa.ni] n pl but sing or pl in constr [It, pl. of timpano kettledrum, fr. L tympanum drum--more at tympanum] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TRUMPET — Trumpet. Click on the audio icons beneath the art to hear the sound of a trumpet. The selection French trompette, …
Britannica English vocabulary
TIMPANI — Timpani, or kettledrum, and drumsticks. Click on the audio icon beneath the art to hear the also spelled tympani (Italian: …
Britannica English vocabulary
KETTLEDRUM — percussion instrument in which a membrane is stretched over a hemispheric or similar-shaped shell and held taut, usually by a …
Britannica English vocabulary
DRUM — in architecture, any of the cylindrical stone blocks composing a column that is not a monolith. The term also denotes …
Britannica English vocabulary
TIMPANI — / ˈtɪmpəni; NAmE / (also informal timps / tɪmps; NAmE /) noun [ pl. ] a set of large metal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KETTLEDRUM — / ˈketldrʌm; NAmE / noun a large metal drum with a round bottom and a thin plastic top that can …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KETTLEDRUM — ket ‧ tle ‧ drum /ˈketldrʌm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] a large metal drum with a round bottom, used in …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TIMPANI — n.pl. (also tympani) kettledrums. øøtimpanist n. [It., pl. of timpano = TYMPANUM]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TIMPANI — n.pl. (also tympani) kettledrums. timpanist n. [ It., pl. of timpano = TYMPANUM ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KETTLEDRUM — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Do not, however, regard the kettledrums as mere noisemakers. ▪ Military might is evoked through …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TIMPANI — n. or kettledrums Large bowl-shaped drums with pedal mechanisms for altering their pitch by changing the membrane's tension. The timpani …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ORCHESTRA — n. 25B6; noun ENSEMBLE; informal band. See list. Orchestral Instruments bass clarinet oboe bass drum oboe d'amore basset horn piccolo …
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