timple

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noun

A traditional musical instrument of the Canary Islands and Murcia, having four or more commonly five strings, and similar in size to a ukulele but with a distinctive semi-round back.

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Meanings

nountimple (plural timples)

plural timples

  1. A traditional musical instrument of the Canary Islands and Murcia, having four or more commonly five strings, and similar in size to a ukulele but with a distinctive semi-round back.

Origin

  1. Spanishtimple
  2. Englishtimple

Borrowed from Spanish timple, from tiple, of uncertain etymology.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with timple

simpledimplecrimplelimplerimplescrimpleshrimplewimple
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Anagrams

limpet
Cite this entry
APA

timple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timple

MLA

“timple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timple. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “timple,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timple.

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