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xylophone (third-person singular simple presentxylophones, present participlexylophoning, simple past and past participlexylophoned)
To play a xylophone or to play something else as though it was a xylophone.
To move above a ridged surface or series of surfaces so as to hit every ridge, in a manner similar to playing quickly and sequentially on a xylophone.
2002, Amu Nnadi, The Fire Within: Poetry : Includes the Abiola Manuscript:
my eager fingers xylophoning over the memories
2010 October 26, Barrie Summy, I So Don't Do Spooky, Yearling, →ISBN, page 27:
Like a cat, I arch into the back of the bench, my spine xylophoning along the slats while the tension of the day slowly drains out of me. I'm totally chill and mellow.
2015 July 7, Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus, Trollhunters: The Book That Inspired the Netflix Animated Series TROLLHUNTERS!, Disney Electronic Content, →ISBN:
The others waged active war, claws xylophoning across Jack's pinwheeling swords.
2020 August 4, George A. Romero, Daniel Kraus, The Living Dead, Tor Books, →ISBN:
His right hand, the good one, found one of Glass's ankles, pulled. Glass fell, her ulna, clavicle, pevis, and kneecap xylophoning along stair edges.
