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drum definition and meaning
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.
n.
Anything resembling a drum in form
n.
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.
n.
A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are packed.
n.
The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane.
n.
One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal in plan, carrying a cupola or dome.
n.
A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound.
n.
See Drumfish.
n.
A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a private house; a rout.
n.
A tea party; a kettledrum.
v. i.
To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.
v. i.
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.
v. i.
To throb, as the heart.
v. i.
To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for.
v. t.
To execute on a drum, as a tune.
v. t.
(With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum; as, to drum out a deserter or rogue from a camp, etc.
v. t.
(With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up recruits; to drum up customers.
Crossword clues for drum
- A percussion instrument
- Barrel
- Beat
- Bongo
- Bongo, conga, eg
- Cylindrical receptacle
- Ear part
- Large container
- Musical instrument
- Percussion instrument
- Tympanic membrane
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