a musical instrument that has a round wooden frame, sometimes covered with plastic or skin, with metal discs around the edge. To play it you shake it or hit it with your hand. 铃鼓(蒙有塑料或皮面,鼓帮装有金属圆片,摇动或用手击打发声) Topics Musicc2Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French tambourin, diminutive of tambour ‘drum’; perhaps related to Persian tabīra ‘drum’.