tympani
Britishplural noun
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His steps have percussive presence, the tympani and an edgy theme to make you eagerly await this intractable Hollywood luminary to pounce.
From Los Angeles Times
Two tympani beat it out, dramatically slowed down.
From Los Angeles Times
The filigreed serenades of the wind section were in the foreground throughout—the growl of the contrabassoon was delightfully prominent—and the tympani rolled with a primal thunder.
From The New Yorker
You try to focus on your breath and banish Lefty but he keeps storming back into the room banging a tympani drum and clashing cymbals together.
From Time
The chorda tympani nerve, which relays taste impulses from the tongue to the brain by way of the middle ear, may literally be rattled by loud noises, distorting normal taste sensations.
From Forbes
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