drum

noun

1. 1.

   music

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

2. 2.

   music

   A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.

3. 3.

   A cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids

4. 4.

   A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.

5. 5.

   Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.

6. 6.

   The sound of a drum

   “He could hear the drums before he heard the fifes.”

verb

1. 1.

   To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.

2. 2.

   Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.

3. 3.

   Make a rhythmic sound

4. 4.

   transitive

   To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.

5. 5.

   To throb, as the heart.

6. 6.

   intransitive

   To beat a drum.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

• drummernounInflected form

  Someone who plays a drum.

• drummingnounInflected form

  The act of playing drums.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

• drum sandernounCompound term

  A power tool used for sanding wood.

• drum upverbCompound term

  Gather.

• drum brakenounCompound term

  Hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoe.

• drum majornounCompound term

  The leader of a marching band or drum corps.

• drum majorettenounCompound term

  A female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band.

• drum outverbCompound term

  Remove from a position or office.