Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A percussion instrument of West African origin consisting of a hollow gourd covered with a loose netting on which beads, shells, or seeds are strung, played by shaking.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
sekere .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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She learned a shekere was one of those gourd thingies covered in beads like Sweet Honey used, and after a while she thought she was really in sync with everyone else.
DATE MYRA SHOWS UP Maggie Jochild 2007
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The latter - a fellow Cuban exile - is also heard on shekere on one track.
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The latter - a fellow Cuban exile - is also heard on shekere on one track.
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He's a sixth-grade teacher and folksinger in Monteverde, Costa Rica, and he made his own shekere out of a market-bought gourd.
Gearwire - 2008
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Still, your own shekere could be fun and way more attainable, as Jesse Greist can tell you.
Gearwire - 2008
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José Vázquez-Cofresi Congas, shekere, Julián Silva
AvaxHome RSS: 2009
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Cristobal Ferrer Garcia, trumpet; Hilario Bell, percussion, timbales; Luis Rosca Beltran Castillo - tenor sax; guests: Paquito D'Rivera - alto sax & clarinet; Yosvany Terry - shekere & alto sax)
hernesheir commented on the word shekere
See güiro.
February 5, 2010