noun
Meaning 1
Action of the verb to cymbal; the playing of cymbals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- 1886, At a hole in a rotten weir they executed a recitative; where a tributary brook fell over a stone breastwork they trilled cheerily; under an arch they performed a metallic cymballing; and at Durnover Hole they hissed. - Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Castorbridge
- healthandage.com The voices of passing children reverberated like gongs - booming, peeling, cymbaling into switchbacking rollercoasters of sound.
- "Manpurse" of vgmix.com It starts out with grungy-sounding guitar and lots of reverse cymballing. You start to segue in a softer, synthier sound but immediately put the guitar back into focus."
- procolharum.com Mick Grabham's guitar (which contributes some rhythmical chops not found on the record) sounds as though it is going through a Leslie speaker, and Chris Copping appears to be going for a neo-Garth Hudson Lowrey-silver sound at times. BJ eschews the rapid quaver cymballing that he favoured in the play-out on the record. "
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided