ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Tympany

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈtɪmpəni/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Tympany is a noun meaning The sound made by beating a drum.

Meaning

The sound made by beating a drum.

More Meanings

  1. (medicine) Tympanites (distention of the abdomen).
  2. Inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness.

Example Sentences

Thine's a tympany of sense.
Dr. Johnson, for his triads and his antithetic balances, he taxes more than once with a plethoric and tautologic tympany of sentence

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Related dictionary entries include ruminal, drumming, thrump, thrumming, thumping, pulsation.

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