zill
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- noun One of a pair of round metal cymbals attached to the fingers and struck together for rhythm and percussion in belly dancing.
Examples
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The Secondhand Gypsies played "Brooklyn Baladi", so I tried to dance it with my new, humongous zills...but I mistakenly put them on the wrong fingers, so one zill kept slipping off.
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When you’re practicing at home and you don’t want to disturb others with the noise especially important for people in apartments you can use zill mufflers.
finger cymbals too loud? problem solved: crocheted zill covers « raincoaster
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The reason I don’t often practice zill-less is a practical one – I have small hands, and found that without zills I got lazy, but with zills I was more conscious of proper hand position and could get a nice tone out of them.
finger cymbals too loud? problem solved: crocheted zill covers « raincoaster
Note
The word 'zill' comes from a Turkish word meaning "cymbals".
