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  • noun Plural form of maraca.

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Examples

  • Rubber weapons don't weight much, so waving them around like maracas is actually pretty easy.

    What is larp? nathreee 2010

  • Rubber weapons don't weight much, so waving them around like maracas is actually pretty easy.

    What is larp? nathreee 2010

  • The little man persists in miscalling his maracas “Morocco”.

    weapons of massdistraction › Burn Hollywood Burn 2003

  • Charo's "maracas" make Pam's proportions look average.

    TVGuide.com: Breaking News Joyce Eng 2010

  • The screen displays a ring of 6 circles, corresponding to the left and right sides and top, side and bottom - these are the directions to shake your 'maracas'.

    Vooks RSS Feed 2008

  • "maracas" (once you employ a bit of imagination) should have created a winner.

    1UP RSS feed 2008

  • He scooped it right out of my hand, cupped it, and shook it like maracas at his ear.

    Angry Young Man Chris Lynch 2011

  • It's a rattly festival of lifesaving compounds that — once the dreaded expiry date has arrived — no longer serve any legal function past perhaps so many makeshift maracas.

    Vet's view: 'Dead' drugs can be lifesavers 2011

  • I think Gene was clinking a two-penny piece against a brandy bottle, and I was playing maracas.

    Mike Ragogna: Unstaged: Coldplay Plays Madrid, Plus Chatting With The Hollies' Graham Nash & Allan Clarke Mike Ragogna 2011

  • Recent Classic works 550–800 A.D. include a small shell-and-jade skeleton figurine, like a medieval memento mori; and a surprising 8-inch tall whistle—a polychrome ceramic figure wearing an elaborate feathered headdress and holding two objects that look like maracas.

    A Fragile Show of Mayan Art Judy Fayard 2011

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  • Is this a plural in Spanish?

    September 4, 2008