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List of meaning for drum

drum, membranophone, tympan(noun)

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

drum(noun)

the sound of a drum

"he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"

barrel, drum(noun)

a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

drum, metal drum(noun)

a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids

brake drum, drum(noun)

a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

drum, drumfish(verb)

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

drum, beat, thrum(verb)

make a rhythmic sound

"Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"

drum(verb)

play a percussion instrument

cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone(verb)

study intensively, as before an exam

"I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"

a metal container in the shape of a cylinder

an oil drum

to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically

absentmindedly drumming his fingers on the table

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