drum in English dictionary

  • drum

    Meanings and definitions of "drum"

    • 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.
    • (obsolete or historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
    • (architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola
    • (architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar
    • (intransitive) ( music ) To beat a drum.
    • (intransitive) To knock successively and playfully.
    • (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
    • 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; a membranophone.
    • noun
      Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
    • noun
      In particular, a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
    • noun
      (obsolete or historical)
      A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
    • noun
      (architecture)
      The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola
    • noun
      (architecture)
      Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar
    • noun
      A drumfish.
    • noun
      (slang, Britain)
      A person's home.
    • noun
      (Australia slang)
      A tip, a piece of information.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To beat a drum.
    • verb
      (transitive, intransitive)
      To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
    • verb
      To throb, as the heart.
    • verb
      To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
    • To study intensively, as before an exam.
    • To produce sound with a drum.
    • A percussion instrument consisting of at least one membrane that is stretched over a shell and struck directly with the player's hands or with a drumstick.
    • instrument
    • hollow, cylindrical object
    • barrel etc. for liquid
    • to beat a drum
    • to knock successively
    • to review to establish memorization
    • noun
      a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
    • noun
      a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
    • noun
      a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
    • noun
      a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
    • noun
      small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
    • noun
      the sound of a drum; "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"
    • verb
      make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
    • verb
      play a percussion instrument
    • verb
      study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"

    Synonyms of "drum" in English dictionary

    membranophone, tympan, cram are the top synonyms of "drum" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of drum

    • drum ( third-person singular simple present drums, present participle drumming, simple past and past participle drummed)
    • drum ( plural  drums)
    • drum (plural drums)
    • drum (third-person singular simple present drums, present participle drumming, simple past and past participle drummed)
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