Definitions for tympani

tympani tym·pa·ni

Spelling: [tim-puh-nee]
IPA: /ˈtɪm pə ni/

Tympani is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 168 anagrams from letters in tympani (aimnpty).

Definitions for tympani

noun

  1. a set of kettledrums, especially as used in an orchestra or band.

plural noun

  1. timpani.

Origin of tympani

Italian, plural of timpano kettledrum Latin tympanum Greek týmpanon

Examples for tympani

A few taps of the tympani, with which the composition ends, give the ring of finality.

It is done by Wagner in this case by long drawn-out chords followed by faint taps on the tympani.

So the horrible conglomeration of noises which assailed his tympani set him to wondering—and cursing.

But I begin to feel the call of New York on the tympani of my blood globules.

They were stuffed Birds, set in cases round the walls, and the glass fronts of the cases had formed Smith's tympani.

He often called on me and we played duets for bassoon and tympani, and then read Amiel's journal aloud and wept.

I stay in my attic room and play upon my tympani, my beloved children.

To his surprise and annoyance, he found the music stopping short at his tympani, powerless to enter his brain.

In the “battery” the instruments of prime importance are the tympani.

I am a poet, and play upon the tympani; the conductor and the orchestra are boors.

Word Value for tympani
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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