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vibraphone collapse: a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound

marimba collapse: a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets

glockenspiel collapse: a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers

celesta collapse: a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard

percussive collapse: involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments; "percussive music"

cymbal collapse: a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together

percussion collapse: the act of exploding a percussion cap; the act of playing a percussion instrument; tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes

gong collapse: a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick; sound a gong

bones collapse: 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

triangle collapse: a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle; any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles; a three-sided polygon; something approximating the shape of a triangle; "the coastline of Chile and Argentina and Brazil forms two legs of a triangle"

battery collapse: an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact; a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series; a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores; a collection of related things intended for use together; "took a battery of achievement tests"; a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher; group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place

bell collapse: a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck; the flared opening of a tubular device; the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"; United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922); English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961); a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905); the shape of a bell; (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.; attach a bell to; "bell cows"

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