Drum - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the sound of a drum
- a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
- a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
- small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
verb
The drums beat all night
- study intensively, as before an exam (syn: bone, bone up, cram, get up, grind away, swot)
Extra examples
She drummed while he played the guitar.
Her fingers drummed nervously on the table.
He was nervously drumming a pencil on the desk.
Rain drummed upon the roof of the car.
Her foot was drumming on the carpet.
Standard examples were drummed into students' heads.
I bet Stive's been drumming every room in the joint.
1000 people marched, beating drums and carrying flags.
Trumpeter Red Rodney was playing with Kenny Clarke on drums (=playing the drums).
Jones played the drums in an all-girl band.
I could hear the rain drumming against the windows.
Lisa drummed her fingers impatiently on the table.
Ringo Starr drummed for the Beatles.
He had an annoying habit of drumming his fingers on the table while he listened.
Rain drummed against the windshield
Phrasal verbs
Word forms
I/you/we/they: drum
he/she/it: drums
present participle: drumming
past tense: drummed
past participle: drummed
singular: drum
plural: drums
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