drum
noun
1. a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
Similar word(s): membranophone, tympan
Definition categories: man–made
2. the sound of a drum
- he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes
Definition categories: event, sound
3. a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
Similar word(s): barrel
Definition categories: shape, cylinder
4. a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
Definition categories: man–made, vessel
5. a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
Definition categories: man–made, cylinder
6. small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
Similar word(s): drumfish
Definition categories: animal, sciaenid
Sentences with drum as a noun:
- The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums.
verb
1. make a rhythmic sound
- Rain drummed against the windshield
- The drums beat all night
Definition categories: perception, go, sound
2. play a percussion instrument
Definition categories: creation, play
3. study intensively, as before an exam
Similar word(s): bone, cram, swot
Definition categories: cognition, study
Sentences with drum as a verb:
- The ruffed grouse drums with his wings.
- He’s still trying to drum Spanish verb conjugations into my head.