Maraca

Definition: Maraca

Maraca

Noun

1. 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.

Modern Usage: Maraca

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You've just turned your right hand into a maraca. Once I set it, you can sit in with the relief band. (MAS*H; writing credit: Larry Gelbart)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Maraca

Domain	Title
Books	Legumes of the Ilha de Maraca (reference) The Rainforest Edge: Plant and Soil Ecology of Maraca Island, Brazil (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Maraca

Language		Translations for "maraca"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		ratel (chatterbox, honey-badger, ratchet, ratel, rattle, tattler, telltale). (various references)

French		maracas, maraca, boules de rumba. (various references)

German		maraka, rassel (rattle). (various references)

Hungarian		rumbatök. (various references)

Pig Latin		aracamay

Thai		ไม้ตีกลองรูปร่างเหมือนน้ำเต้า. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations & Misspellings: Maraca

Derivations
	Words beginning with "maraca": maracas. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Maraca" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amorance, amraam, araca, Arauca, Daroca, Darracq, karacan, maaa, macac, Madaba, madabcd, Madaki, madrasah, Magacad, Mahabad, Majacca, malaca, malakai, Mamrak, Manacca, marac, maracca, maracel, marakir, Maramau, Maraya, Marazan, Marca, Marcaccio, Marcam, marea, Marechal, Mareda, Marhaba, mariacci, Marica, maricic, maripa, Marisco, mariya, marocain, marocs, Maroua, Marric, Marrick, Maruja, Mayaka, mayaki, Mazraa, Merica, merkava, metaxa, micrascan, Mierassa, mirac, miracal, Mirbach, Mirca, Modrica, moracca, Mravak, Msa-aa, mufakat, Muraki, Murasad, murashu, Murrick, Naranco, nyroca, oaxacan, Omarama. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Anagrams: Maraca

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-m-r"
	-2 letters: cram, maar, marc.
	-3 letters: ama, arc, arm, cam, car, mac, mar, ram.
	-4 letters: aa, am, ar, ma.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-m-r"
	+1 letter: calamar, caramba, jacamar, maracas, marasca, mascara.
	+2 letters: armagnac, calamari, calamars, calamary, jacamars, marascas, mascaras, tamarack.
	+3 letters: ambulacra, armagnacs, calamaris, camarilla, cameraman, carambola, carbamate, catamaran, mascaraed, paramecia, sarcomata, tamaracks.
	+4 letters: ambulacral, calamander, calamaries, camarillas, carambolas, carbamates, catamarans, cavalryman, charismata, mascaraing, metacarpal, tarmacadam.
	+5 letters: calamanders, camaraderie, camerawoman, caprolactam, carcinomata, grammatical, matriarchal, metacarpals, paramedical, pragmatical, sacramental, tarmacadams.
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