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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A brilliant display of virtuosity in which the dancer's legs open and close rapidly while in the air, with the illusion of striking together and rebounding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
The percussion section of an orchestra or band, the battery; marching instruments in a drumline, as opposed to the pit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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History
Borrowed from French batterie, from battre (“to hit”). Doublet of battery.
