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maracas

maracas is the plural of maraca.

Meaning of maraca

Noun

maraca (plural maracas)

  1. A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument.
    • Helly, please approach the MDE cart. You may choose one genre and one accessory… the maraca. Excellent choice.2022 March 25, Helen Leigh, “Defiant Jazz”, in Severance, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Mr. Milchick (Tramell Tillman)
  2. (in plural, slang) Breasts.

Questions about maracas

What is maracas the plural of?
Maracas is the plural of maraca.

Words near maracas in the dictionary

  1. maraca
  2. Maracaibo
  3. maracaist
  4. maracaists
  5. Maracanaço
  6. maracas
  7. maracatu
  8. Maracay
  9. Maracle
  10. Maracles
  11. maracock

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