This song would sound better with the addition of a cowbell.
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Cowbell
//ˈkaʊˌbɛl//
Synonyms for "cowbell" (9 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 29 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- këmborë noun (bell worn by cows)
Catalan
3 entries- esquella noun (bell worn by cows)
- esquellot noun (musical instrument)
- picarol noun (bell worn by cows)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 牛鈴 /牛铃 noun (musical instrument)
- 牛頸鈴 /牛颈铃 noun (bell worn by cows)
Danish
1 entries- koklokke noun (musical instrument)
Dutch
3 entries- koebel noun (bell worn by cows)
- koebel noun (musical instrument)
- koeienbel noun (bell worn by cows)
Esperanto
2 entries- bovtintilo noun (bell worn by cows)
- bovtintilo noun (musical instrument)
Finnish
2 entries- lehmänkello noun (bell worn by cows)
- lehmänkello noun (musical instrument)
French
3 entries- clarine noun (bell worn by cows)
- sonnaille noun (bell worn by cows)
- sonnaille noun (musical instrument)
Galician
2 entries- choca noun (bell worn by cows)
- chocallo noun (bell worn by cows)
German
4 entries- Kuhglocke noun (bell worn by cows)
- Kuhglocke noun (musical instrument)
- Kuhschelle noun (bell worn by cows)
- Kuhschelle noun (musical instrument)
Hebrew
1 entries- קאמפאנה noun (musical instrument)
Hungarian
1 entries- kolomp noun (bell worn by cows)
Icelandic
2 entries- kúabjalla noun (bell worn by cows)
- kúabjalla noun (musical instrument)
Irish
2 entries- clog eallaigh noun (bell worn by cows)
- clog eallaigh noun (musical instrument)
Italian
1 entries- campanaccio noun (musical instrument)
Japanese
1 entries- カウベル noun (musical instrument)
Korean
1 entries- 카우벨 noun (musical instrument)
Macedonian
4 entries- клопота́рец noun (bell worn by cows)
- клопота́рец noun (musical instrument)
- прапорец noun (bell worn by cows)
- прапорец noun (musical instrument)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- kubjelle noun (bell worn by cows)
- kubjelle noun (musical instrument)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- kubjølle noun (bell worn by cows)
- kubjølle noun (musical instrument)
Polish
2 entries- dzwonek pasterski noun (bell worn by cows)
- krowi dzwonek noun (musical instrument)
Portuguese
4 entries- caneca noun (musical instrument)
- chocalho noun (bell worn by cows)
- cincerro noun (bell worn by cows)
- cowbell noun (musical instrument)
Romanian
1 entries- talangă noun (bell worn by cows)
Russian
3 entries- колоко́лец noun (musical instrument)
- коро́вий колоко́льчик noun (bell worn by cows)
- сенсе́рро noun (musical instrument)
Slovene
2 entries- kravji zvonec noun (bell worn by cows)
- kravji zvonec noun (musical instrument)
Spanish
4 entries- campano noun (bell worn by cows)
- cencerro noun (bell worn by cows)
- cencerro noun (musical instrument)
- esquila noun (bell worn by cows)
Swedish
4 entries- kobjällra noun (bell worn by cows)
- kobjällra noun (musical instrument)
- koskälla noun (bell worn by cows)
- koskälla noun (musical instrument)
Turkish
1 entries- inek çanı noun (musical instrument)
Ukrainian
1 entries- тронка noun (musical instrument)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
It's good, but it really needs more cowbell.
Source: wiktionary
The Eagles don't have a cow-bell running back, like Gurley, but they have enough by-committee.
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