Meaning & use
maracas
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A percussion instrument made of a hollow container filled with beads or seeds, shaken to produce a rattling sound, typically played in pairs.
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The band's percussionist shook the maracas in time with the salsa beat.
Children in the music class each got a pair of maracas to play.
A note on using this word
Originated in Latin America and is almost always used in the plural, since maracas are traditionally played as a matched pair.
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