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Definition of timbal in English: timbal(also tymbal) noun ˈtɪmb(ə)lˈtɪmbəl 1archaic A kettledrum. 〈古〉铜鼓，定音鼓 Example sentencesExamples - The timbals beat time dully, and the exhausted guests, overcome by drunkenness, nausea and vertigo, became silent.
- Ralph Irizarry, recognized worldwide as an excellent percussionist, first fell in love with the timbal at an early age when his father coincidentally brought home a set received as payment for a debt.
- The percussion group is usually made up of timbals, drums, plates and bass drums and cymbals.
2Entomology
A membrane that forms part of the sound-producing organ in various insects, such as the cicada. Example sentencesExamples - Females of many cicadas whose males have exposed timbals lay their eggs only in living twigs or branches and their eggs hatch the same year as laid.
- These ‘songs’ result from the vibration of their drum-like abdominal membranes (timbals).
- Within a day or two, the adult males begin their cacophonous chorusing, producing sound by vibrating abdominal drums called timbals.
- Cicada sounds are produced by a pair of timbals (also spelled tymbals).
OriginLate 17th century: from French timbale, alteration (influenced by cymbale 'cymbal') of obsolete tamballe, from Spanish atabal, from Arabic aṭ-ṭabl 'the drum'. RhymesAbu Simbel, cymbal, gimbal, nimble, symbol, thimble Definition of timbal in US English: timbal(also tymbal) nounˈtimbəlˈtɪmbəl 1archaic A kettledrum. 〈古〉铜鼓，定音鼓 Example sentencesExamples - Ralph Irizarry, recognized worldwide as an excellent percussionist, first fell in love with the timbal at an early age when his father coincidentally brought home a set received as payment for a debt.
- The percussion group is usually made up of timbals, drums, plates and bass drums and cymbals.
- The timbals beat time dully, and the exhausted guests, overcome by drunkenness, nausea and vertigo, became silent.
2Entomology
A membrane that forms part of the sound-producing organ in various insects, such as the cicada. Example sentencesExamples - Cicada sounds are produced by a pair of timbals (also spelled tymbals).
- These ‘songs’ result from the vibration of their drum-like abdominal membranes (timbals).
- Females of many cicadas whose males have exposed timbals lay their eggs only in living twigs or branches and their eggs hatch the same year as laid.
- Within a day or two, the adult males begin their cacophonous chorusing, producing sound by vibrating abdominal drums called timbals.
OriginLate 17th century: from French timbale, alteration (influenced by cymbale ‘cymbal’) of obsolete tamballe, from Spanish atabal, from Arabic aṭ-ṭabl ‘the drum’. |