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n. - A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.

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  • Awl nite ai dreamt dat ai wuz uh member ob an awl maraca band.
  • I'd like to have them put me in a maraca and put your name on it.
  • The buzzer was carrying on like a maraca with a crush on a June bug.
  • That last one looks more like a maraca than a guitar or a beer bottle.
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