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[1] a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
[2] any hollow tree or similar object or device used in this way.
[3] the sound produced by such an instrument, object, or device.
[4] any rumbling or deep booming sound.
[5] a natural organ by which an animal produces a loud or bass sound.
[6] eardrum.
[7] any cylindrical object with flat ends.
[8] a cylindrical part of a machine.
[9] a cylindrical box or receptacle, especially a large, metal one for storing or transporting liquids.
[10] Also called tambour. Architecture . any of several cylindrical or nearly cylindrical stones laid one above the other to form a column or pier. a cylindrical or faceted construction supporting a dome.
[11] any of several marine and freshwater fishes of the family Sciaenidae that produce a drumming sound.
[12] Also called drum memory. Computers . magnetic drum.
[13] Archaic . an assembly of fashionable people at a private house in the evening.
[14] a person who plays the drum.
[15] Australian Informal . reliable, confidential, or profitable information: to give someone the drum.
[16] to beat or play a drum.
[17] to beat on anything rhythmically, especially to tap one's fingers rhythmically on a hard surface.
[18] to make a sound like that of a drum; resound.
[19] (of ruffed grouse and other birds) to produce a sound resembling drumming.
[20] to beat (a drum) rhythmically; perform by beating a drum: to drum a rhythm for dancers.
[21] to call or summon by, or as if by, beating a drum.
[22] to drive or force by persistent repetition: to drum an idea into someone.
[23] to fill a drum with; store in a drum: to drum contaminated water and dispose of it.
[24] drum out , (formerly) to expel or dismiss from a military service in disgrace to the beat of a drum. to dismiss in disgrace: He was drummed out of the university for his gambling activities.
[25] drum up , to call or summon by, or as if by, beating a drum. to obtain or create (customers, trade, interest, etc.) through vigorous effort: They were unable to drum up enthusiasm for the new policies. to concoct; devise: to drum up new methods of dealing with urban crime.
[26] beat the drum , to promote, publicize, or advertise: The boss is out beating the drum for a new product.
[27] (tr, adverb) to evoke or obtain (support, business, etc) by solicitation or canvassing
[28] music a percussion instrument sounded by striking a membrane stretched across the opening of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere
[29] beat the drum for informal to attempt to arouse interest in
[30] the sound produced by a drum or any similar sound
[31] an object that resembles a drum in shape, such as a large spool or a cylindrical container
[32] architect one of a number of cylindrical blocks of stone used to construct the shaft of a column the wall or structure supporting a dome or cupola
[33] short for eardrum
[34] Also called: drumfish any of various North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fishes, such as Equetus pulcher (striped drum ), that utter a drumming sound
[35] a type of hollow rotor for steam turbines or axial compressors
[36] computing a rotating cylindrical device on which data may be stored for later retrieval: now mostly superseded by disks See disk (def. 2)
[37] archaic a drummer
[38] the drum Australian informal the necessary information (esp in the phrase give (someone ) the drum )
[39] to play (music) on or as if on a drum
[40] to beat or tap (the fingers) rhythmically or regularly
[41] (intr) (of birds) to produce a rhythmic sound, as by beating the bill against a tree, branch, etc
[42] (tr sometimes foll by up ) to summon or call by drumming
[43] (tr) to instil by constant repetition to drum an idea into someone's head
[44] Scot and Irish a narrow ridge or hill

Words related to Drumming

drumcanvass, solicit, attract, discover, obtain, petition

Words nearby Drumming

drumdruid, druid stone, druidess, druidism, druidology, drum, drum and bugle corps, drum brake, drum corps, drum into someone's head, drum kit

Origin of Drumming

11535–45; back formation from drumslade drum, drummer, alteration of Dutch or Low German trommelslag drumbeat, equivalent to trommel drum + slag beat (akin to slagen to beat; cognate with slay)

Other words from Drumming

un·der·drum·ming , noun

Word origin for Drumming

C18: from Scottish Gaelic druim

Synonyms for Drumming

strum, boom, pulsate, rap, reverberate, roar, tattoo, throb, thrum, thunder