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drum

noun

1 drum

A musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end.

synonyms: membranophone, tympan.

Roget 417: musical instruments; band; string-band, brass-band; orchestra; orchestrina.    [Stringed instruments], monochord, polychord; harp, lyre, lute, archlute; mandola, ... show more

Dutch: drum, kalfsvel, trom, trommel
Polish: bęben

2 drum

The sound of a drum.

3 drum

A bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends.

synonym: barrel.

Roget 249: rotundity; roundness etc. adj.; cylindricity; sphericity, spheroidity; globosity.    cylinder, cylindroid, cylindrical; barrel, drum; roll, ... show more

Roget 191: receptacle; inclosure etc. 232; recipient, receiver, reservatory.    compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, ... show more

Dutch: ton

4 drum

A cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids.

synonym: metal drum.

Dutch: vat

5 drum

A hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes.

synonym: brake drum.

6 drum

Small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise.

synonym: drumfish.

Polish: kulbak

verb

1 drum

Make a rhythmic sound:
— Rain drummed against the windshield.
— The drums beat all night.

synonyms: beat, thrum.

Roget 407: roll, drum, rumble, rattle, clatter, patter, clack; bombinate.    hum, trill, shake; chime, peal, toll; ... show more

Roget 104: repeat, iterate, reiterate, reproduce, echo, reecho, drum, harp upon, battologize, hammer, redouble.    recur, revert, return, ... show more

Dutch: slaan, trommelen

2 drum

Play a percussion instrument.

Dutch: drummen

3 drum

Study intensively, as before an exam.

synonyms: bone, bone up, cram, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up.

Dutch: blokken, hengsten, pezen, pompen, vossen


Moby thesaurus: barrage, barrel, beat, beat a ruffle, beat a tattoo, beat the drum, beat time, beating, bole, bongo drum, cackle, call, canvass, carol, cask, caw, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp ... show more.

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