tympany

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For “The French Dispatch,” Desplat paired acclaimed pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet in unusual duets with harp, tympany, bassoon or tuba, drawing from a wide range of references, including Erik Satie and Thelonious Monk.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2021

Her agitated testimony offered a tympany of accusations that struck blow after blow at the base of O.J.

From Time Magazine Archive

A tympany beat and the sound track filled with violins.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

A mere tympany, sir, raised by a cushion; you see 'tis gone already.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir

The duration of the vibrations may be shortened giving a muffled tympany.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier