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Definition of Drum
1. Noun. A musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end.
Specialized synonyms: Bass Drum, Gran Casa, Bongo, Bongo Drum, Side Drum, Snare, Snare Drum, Tabor, Tabour, Tambour, Tambourine, Tenor Drum, Tom-tom, Timbrel
Terms within: Drumhead, Head
Generic synonyms: Percussion Instrument, Percussive Instrument
Derivative terms: Tympanist
2. Verb. Make a rhythmic sound. "The drums beat all night"
Related verbs: Beat
Generic synonyms: Go, Sound
Derivative terms: Beat, Drummer
3. Noun. The sound of a drum. "He could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"
4. Verb. Play a percussion instrument.
5. Noun. A bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends.
6. Verb. Study intensively, as before an exam. "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
Related verbs: Cram
Generic synonyms: Hit The Books, Study
Derivative terms: Crammer, Crammer, Swot
7. Noun. A cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids.
8. Noun. A hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes.
9. Noun. Small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise.
Generic synonyms: Sciaenid, Sciaenid Fish
Specialized synonyms: Equetus Pulcher, Striped Drum, Equetus Lanceolatus, Jackknife-fish, Bairdiella Chrysoura, Mademoiselle, Silver Perch, Channel Bass, Red Drum, Redfish, Sciaenops Ocellatus
Definition of Drum
1. n. An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band.
2. v. i. To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.
3. v. t. To execute on a drum, as a tune.
Definition of Drum
1. 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. ¹
2. Noun. Any similar hollow, cylindrical object. ¹
3. Noun. In particular, a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete or historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening. ¹
5. Noun. (architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola ¹
6. Noun. (architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar ¹
7. Noun. A drumfish. ¹
8. Verb. (intransitive) (''music'') To beat a drum. ¹
9. Verb. (intransitive) To knock successively and playfully. ¹
10. Verb. (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drum
1. to beat a drum (a percussion instrument) [v DRUMMED, DRUMMING, DRUMS]
Medical Definition of Drum
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1. To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.
2. To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his wings. "Drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair." (W. Irving)
3. To throb, as the heart.
4. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; with for.
Origin: Drummed; Drumming.
1. An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band. "The drums cry bud-a-dub." (Gascoigne)
2. Anything resembling a drum in form; as: A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum, for warming an apartment by means of heat received from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam, etc.
A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc, are packed.