xylophone/ˈzaɪ.ləˌfəʊn/EtymologyFrom xylo- (“of wood”) + -phone (“sound”).nounAny musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.“All I know how to play on my xylophone is "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Would you like to hear it?”verbTo 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.“my eager fingers xylophoning over the memories”