0 a flat, round musical instrument made of brass that makes a loud noise when hit with a stick or against another cymbal
1 a flat, round musical instrument made of brass (= metal) that is hit with a stick or struck against another such instrument to make a loud noise
As the horns tooted and the cymbals clashed they entered the town.
She had borrowed two sets of castanets, a pair of cymbals, and a triangle, and with these loud-sounding instruments she and her companions emphasized the chorus.
Thus no stringed instruments are permitted to be used in temples, but only the gong, cymbal, horn and conch-shell.
Then, to thunderous drumming of the big drum and clashing of the large cymbals, they dance past each other and exit in separate directions.
The mist was gone and the orchestral music breathed on, sonorous and ethereal, crashing on the metallic cymbals.
Percussion instruments are brass and silver cymbals, or other instruments made of stiff metal that when struck give a sweetly ringing sound.
Two musicians were accompanying the dancer, one with a doubleended drum and another with a pair of large cymbals.
