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Definition of 'drum'English
Noun
( en-noun)
A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber, affecting what materials are used to make it.
Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
In particular, a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
- The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums .
A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, page 631:
- Another misfortune which befel poor Sophia, was the company of Lord Fellamar, whom she met at the opera, and who attended her to the drum .
(architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola
(architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar
A drumfish.
(slang|UK) A person's home.
A tip, a piece of information.
* 1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, page 258:
- ‘he is the darndest little speaker we got, so better sit there and listen to him while he gives you the drum and if you clean out your earholes you might get a bit of sense into your heads.’
Derived terms
( top4)
* bass drum
* drum and bass
* drum beat
* drum brake
( mid4)
* drum kit
* drummer
* drum roll
( mid4)
* drumstick
* drum stick
* hand drum
( mid4)
* kettledrum
* snare drum
* tenor drum
( bottom)
See also
* percussion
Verb
( drumm)
To beat a drum.
(ambitransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
- The ruffed grouse drums with his wings.
* Washington Irving
- drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair
To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
- He’s still trying to drum Spanish verb conjugations into my head.
To throb, as the heart.
- (Dryden)
To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for .
Derived terms
* drummer
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