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Drum
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- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 A settlement (Mains of Drum) in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, near Drum Castle (OS grid ref NO8099). countable, uncountable
- 3 A mountain in Conwy borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH7069). countable, uncountable
- 4 A village in County Monaghan, Ireland. countable, uncountable
- 5 A civil parish and townland in County Roscommon, Ireland. countable, uncountable
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- 6 An unincorporated community in Bollinger County, Missouri, USA, named after the Drum family. countable, uncountable
- 1 A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
"He's playing the piano and she's playing the drums!"
- 2 A small hill or ridge of hills. archaic
- 3 A social gathering or assembly held in the evening. historical
"Another misfortune which befel poor Sophia, was the company of Lord Fellamar, whom she met at the opera, and who attended her to the drum."
- 4 A drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc). informal
"Add, thinly sliced, 1/2 to 1 onion and 2 cloves of garlic also sliced, your choice of protein – chicken or turkey breast, or low fat beef, veal, lamb or pork, cut in pieces, or skinless chicken drums, and probably a little water. Then add 1/2 a cup of ..."
- 5 small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise wordnet
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- 6 Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
"Replace the drum unit of your printer."
- 7 A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel. UK, slang
- 8 a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes wordnet
- 9 A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
"The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums."
- 10 a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end wordnet
- 11 Synonym of construction barrel. US
- 12 a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids wordnet
- 13 The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
- 14 the sound of a drum wordnet
- 15 Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
- 16 a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends wordnet
- 17 A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
- 18 A tip; a piece of information. Australia, slang
"‘he is the darndest little speaker we got, so better sit there and listen to him while he gives you the drum and if you clean out your earholes you might get a bit of sense into your heads.’"
- 19 The ear. obsolete, slang
- 1 To beat a drum. intransitive
- 2 study intensively, as before an exam wordnet
- 3 To beat with a rapid succession of strokes. ambitransitive
"The ruffed grouse drums with his wings."
- 4 play a percussion instrument wordnet
- 5 To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization. transitive
"He’s still trying to drum Spanish verb conjugations into my head."
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- 6 make a rhythmic sound wordnet
- 7 To throb, as the heart.
"Now, heart, […]thou shalt drum no more."
- 8 To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
- 9 Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.
""There is the snipe drumming also. We shall have it fine!" he added, with an air of conviction."
Etymology
Perhaps back-formation from drumslade (“drummer”), from Middle Dutch trommelslach (“drumbeat”), from trommel (“drum”) + slach (“beat”) (Dutch slag). Or perhaps borrowed directly from a continental Germanic language; compare Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”) et al. Compare also Middle High German trumme, trumbe (“drum”), Old High German trumba (“trumpet”).
Perhaps back-formation from drumslade (“drummer”), from Middle Dutch trommelslach (“drumbeat”), from trommel (“drum”) + slach (“beat”) (Dutch slag). Or perhaps borrowed directly from a continental Germanic language; compare Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”) et al. Compare also Middle High German trumme, trumbe (“drum”), Old High German trumba (“trumpet”).
From Irish druim, Scottish Gaelic druim (“back, ridge”).
Unknown.
Shortening.
* As an Irish surname, from Droma, a personal name from druim (“ridge”) * As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from druim (“ridge”) * As a German surname, from Middle High German trum and Middle Low German drum (“woodblock”), both probably from Proto-Germanic *trumaz.
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