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Definition of: tirade
(tī′rād, tə·rād′) noun
1. A prolonged declamatory outpouring, as of censure.
2. Music A diatonic run, filling the interval between two musical notes. [<F <Ital. tirata a volley, pp. of tirare fire, pull]
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