snare
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4.8
- noun
- /snɛr/
:
caja
- You've got your bass, you've got your snare, and you've got your hi hat.
- snare drum
Do da do do da kick snare, kick, kick, snare.
- Do da do do da kick snare, kick, kick, snare.
- It's sad you can't hear the masterpiece I'm going to make on this snare.
- Drummers appear seated with snare and bass drum, cymbal and wood blocks and other special effects.
- So we had a bass and snare and we played no, no listen, that's really very interesting.
- And then and Kurt was sitting there in the chair and he raises his finger and makes a decree because this shall be our snare sound.
- You know, it's got that kind of snappy snare drum beat, but I think it's, it's a more accurate.
- Evelyn Glenny, A percussionist, saying, like, let me figure out if I could harmonize Bach on a snare drum.
- Kick drum snare, which we hadn't really heard before.
Examples
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Marched to the rat-a-tat-tat of a snare drum.
Fiction book (1999) -
Through the closed door came the ragged roll of a snare drum and the crash of a cymbal.
Fiction book (1990) -
OK, you can see the snare top from this angle, and the snare bottom is right here.
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- Tight as a snare drum.
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Give us more snare in the speakers and we'll be all right.
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The snap of a military snare drum.
Fiction book (1996) -
We got our DW snare drum stand.
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A Brownfield High band member tuned up his trumpet, and another rat-a-tat-tatted sporadically on a snare drum.
Fiction book (1991) -
Another percussionist has transformed her laundry room into a practice room with a snare drum, bells, a suspended cymbal, and assorted smaller percussion items.
Academic text (1997) -
At the concert, the rhythm was driven by the sharp sound of the snare drum.
Synonyms
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3.5
A small drum with metal wires across one side that makes a sharp sound
A small musical instrument with two tight skins and wires under one skin used in bands and orchestras
Compounds
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Etymology
Snare comes from the same old English word snara meaning 'string' or 'cord'. The wires across a snare drum are like cords stretched tight, and they give the drum its sharp, bright sound.