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| 1. | [ noun ] (music) a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretch across each end | |
| Synonyms: | tympan membranophone | |
| Related terms: | percussion_instrument bongo tambourine snare_drum tabor tambour bass_drum tenor_drum timbrel drumhead | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (music) play the drums | |
| Related terms: | play music drummer percussion | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the sound of a drum | |
| Examples: | "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes" |
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| Related terms: | sound | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (music) make a rhythmic sound | |
| Synonyms: | beat thrum | |
| Examples: | : "Rain drummed against the windshield" "The drums beat all night" |
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| Related terms: | go beat rhythm | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids | |
| Synonyms: | metal_drum | |
| Related terms: | vessel | |
| 6. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6923 | |
| 7. | [ noun ] a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes | |
| Synonyms: | brake_drum | |
| Related terms: | cylinder drum_brake | |
| 8. | [ verb ] (education) study intensively, as before an exam | |
| Synonyms: | grind_away bone_up swot get_up mug_up swot_up bone cram | |
| Examples: | "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" |
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| Related terms: | study cram swot | |
| 9. | [ noun ] a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends | |
| Synonyms: | barrel | |
| Related terms: | cylinder | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (zoology) small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise | |
| Synonyms: | drumfish | |
| Related terms: | sciaenid_fish silver_perch jackknife-fish red_drum striped_drum | |
| Similar spelling: |
Drumm dram Drema dream drama Drouin dreamy Dreama durum |
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