Definition of Timps

1. a kettle drum [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Timps

timourous
timourously
timourousness
timous
timously
timpana
timpani
timpanis
timpanist
timpanists
timpano
timpanum
timpanums
timple
timples
timps (current term)
timucu
tin
tin-113
tin-foil hat
tin-foil hats
tin-opener
tin-plate
tin-plated
tin-plates
tin-plating
tin-pot
tin-pot dictator
tin-pot dictators
tin bath

Literary usage of Timps

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizons by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"These proteins are called tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs); TIMPs appear to block the action of certain metal- containing enzymes (the ..."

2. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"44 Of Antoninus Caracalla alone 200 constitutions are extant in the ^ode, and with his father 160. These two princes are quoted fifty timps in the Pandects, ..."

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