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xylophone

noun as in percussion instrument consisting of a series of graduated wooden bars played with small mallets

noun as in instrument

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McCullough told police: "When I was hitting her it was like someone badly playing the xylophone, it was willy-nilly."

From BBC

He holds small mallets in his “hands” to play a kind of xylophone called a marimba.

These instruments tend to be bells, gongs, types of xylophones and other kinds of pitched percussion instruments.

They distributed xylophone mallets to those waiting in line.

“Let’s work together to keep your account safe and protect you from fraud,” a recorded voice said, over a tinkly melody that sounded like a xylophone.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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