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Things beaten in defeat, I'm panicking!
Answer for the clue "Things beaten in defeat, I'm panicking! ", 7 letters:
timpani
Alternative clues for the word timpani
- Set of kettledrums
- A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
- They're tuned with pedals
- Percussion instrument
- Kettledrums
- Those beaten and flipping unfit Hoskins is punching
- Drum set
- Hunters' representation in "Peter and the Wolf"
- Certain drum set
Word definitions for timpani in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Bowed long notes make good additions to organ pedal parts or timpani rolls. ▪ Some drummers have one or two pedal timpani , others have all three of the mechanical variety. ▪ Special effects can be obtained by strokes or rolls ...
Usage examples of timpani.
Far more people had fussed over Christine than around the prima donna, despite the fact that Dame Timpani had come around and fainted again quite pointedly several times and had eventually been forced to go for hysterics.
His heart was pounding like a timpani, but he managed to keep his voice steady.
With it came the delicate percussion of rainfall, the timpani of distant lightning.
He listened so hard that it seemed his blood roared and his heart beat like a timpani, but even over those distractions he could still make out the sound of footsteps.
Muffled timpani measured the intruder’s cat tread across the hall as Dane stepped down to meet him.