Definition of "tambourine"

A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.  examples

A tambourine dove.  quotations  examples

A kind of Provençal dance.  examples

The music for this dance.  examples

To play the tambourine.  examples

To make a sound like a tambourine.  quotations  examples