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MARACA

Dictionary entry overview: What does maraca mean?

• MARACA (noun)
The noun MARACA has 1 sense:

1. a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

Familiarity information: MARACA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MARACA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bones; castanets; clappers; finger cymbals; maraca

Hypernyms ("maraca" is a kind of...):

percussion instrument; percussive instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

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