Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who plays the cymbals.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A performer upon cymbals.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A musician who plays the cymbals

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a performer on the cymbals

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Examples

  • Now, after having dabbled in the dark percussive arts whilst enjoying my teenage years, and a spate as the crash-cymbalist in our high-school concert band, it has been a while since i've hit the skins, so to speak.

    Ringo, eat your heart out! 2004

  • Now, after having dabbled in the dark percussive arts whilst enjoying my teenage years, and a spate as the crash-cymbalist in our high-school concert band, it has been a while since i've hit the skins, so to speak.

    Archive 2004-08-01 2004

  • They made Frank into your stereotypical homosexual cymbalist and taxidermist; they made Lilly 'cute,' but Lilly's smallness was never cute to us.

    The Hotel New Hampshire Irving, John, 1942- 1981

  • Take a trip to Mumbai and you’re the finger cymbalist for Ravi Shankar.

    The PlayBook Barney Stinson 2010

  • Matt Gates, cymbalist with the South County drumline, prepares for the 2009 Symphony of Design Indoor Percussion and Winter Guard Competition at Potomac Falls High School on Feb. 21.

    unknown title 2009

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