Usually means: Metal percussion instrument, crashes rhythmically.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. cymbal: Merriam-Webster
  2. cymbal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cymbal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cymbal: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cymbal: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cymbal, cymbal: Wordnik
  7. cymbal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Cymbal: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. cymbal: Wiktionary
  10. cymbal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. cymbal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. cymbal: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. cymbal: Dictionary.com
  14. cymbal: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. cymbal: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Cymbal (disambiguation), Cymbal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Cymbal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. cymbal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. cymbal: Rhymezone
  20. Cymbal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. cymbal: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. cymbal: FreeDictionary.org
  23. cymbal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. cymbal: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. cymbal: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. cymbal: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Cymbal: Encyclopedia of Organ Stops

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cymbal: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cymbal: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Cymbal: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See cymbaling as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cymbal)

▸ noun:  (music) A concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.

Similar:
cimbal, symbal, Cymb., cymbalum, cymbalon, cymbalo, crash cymbal, suspended cymbal, cymbalom, cimbasso, more...

Opposite:
gong

Phrases:
ride cymbal, suspended cymbal, crash cymbal, sock cymbal, sizzle cymbal, more...

Adjectives:
tuned, suspended, top, small, large, chinese, single, barbaric, moorish, bottom, big

Colors:
    gold,     bronze,     brass,     silver,     copper, more...


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Similar:
cimbal, symbal, Cymb., cymbalum, cymbalon, cymbalo, crash cymbal, suspended cymbal, cymbalom, cimbasso, more...

Opposite:
gong

Phrases:
ride cymbal, suspended cymbal, crash cymbal, sock cymbal, sizzle cymbal, splash cymbal, high-hat cymbal, high hat cymbal, China cymbal, Cymbal alloys, Johnny Cymbal, Cymbal manufacturers, more...

Adjectives:
tuned, suspended, top, small, large, chinese, single, barbaric, moorish, bottom, big

Colors:
    gold,     bronze,     brass,     silver,     copper, more...



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