Meg is beating a drum.
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Drum
//ˈdɹʌm//
Synonyms for "drum" (180 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (54)
Related words (90)
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Noun(5 words)
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3 entriesRelated terms
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119 entriesShowing 16 of 119 words.
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5 entriesis a
11 entriesmanner of
2 entriesreceives action
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50 entriesShowing 16 of 50 words.
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2 entriesused for
13 entriesTranslations
347 translations across 163 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- адаул noun (musical instrument)
Adyghe
1 entries- шъонтрып noun (musical instrument)
Afrikaans
1 entries- drom noun (musical instrument)
Albanian
2 entries- lodër noun (musical instrument)
- tambur noun (musical instrument)
Ama
1 entries- ono noun (musical instrument)
Amharic
1 entries- ከበሮ noun (musical instrument)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τύμπανον noun (musical instrument)
Arabic
4 entries- بندير noun (musical instrument)
- طبل noun (musical instrument)
- طبل noun (musical instrument)
- طَبْل noun (musical instrument)
Aragonese
1 entries- tambor noun (musical instrument)
Argobba
1 entries- ከበሮ noun (musical instrument)
Armenian
4 entries- թմբուկ noun (musical instrument)
- տակառ noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- թմբկահարել verb (to beat a drum)
- թմբկահարել verb (to beat with a rapid succession of strokes)
Assamese
1 entries- ঢোল noun (musical instrument)
Asturian
1 entries- tambor noun (musical instrument)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- baraban noun (musical instrument)
- nağara noun (musical instrument)
Bashkir
2 entries- барабан noun (musical instrument)
- барабан noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
Basque
1 entries- danbor noun (musical instrument)
Belarusian
1 entries- бараба́н noun (musical instrument)
Bemba
1 entries- iñ-ñoma noun (musical instrument)
Bengali
1 entries- ঢোল noun (musical instrument)
Breton
1 entries- taboulin noun (musical instrument)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бараба́н noun (musical instrument)
- бидо́н noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- варел noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- тъ́пан noun (musical instrument)
Burmese
1 entries- ပတ် noun (musical instrument)
Catalan
4 entries- barril noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- tambor noun (musical instrument)
- tambor noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- tambor noun (wall supporting a dome)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- تەپڵ noun (musical instrument)
- دەوڵ noun (musical instrument)
Chamicuro
1 entries- shiltoki noun (musical instrument)
Chechen
1 entries- вота noun (musical instrument)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᎱᎵ noun (musical instrument)
Chichewa
1 entries- ng'oma noun (musical instrument)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 鼓 noun (musical instrument)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 堂鼓 noun (musical instrument)
- 鼓 noun (musical instrument)
Chukchi
1 entries- ярар noun (musical instrument)
Chuvash
1 entries- параппан noun (musical instrument)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- huēhuētl noun (musical instrument)
Czech
4 entries- barel noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- buben noun (musical instrument)
- buben noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- bubnovat verb (to beat a drum)
Danish
4 entries- tromle noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- tromme noun (musical instrument)
- tønde noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- tønde noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
Dutch
4 entries- drum noun (musical instrument)
- trom noun (musical instrument)
- vat noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- trommel verb (to beat with a rapid succession of strokes)
Erzya
1 entries- барабан noun (musical instrument)
Esperanto
1 entries- tamburo noun (musical instrument)
Estonian
2 entries- trumm noun (musical instrument)
- trummel noun (musical instrument)
Ewe
3 entries- ʋu noun (musical instrument)
- ʋu noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- ƒo ʋu verb (to beat a drum)
Farefare
2 entries- lʋŋa noun (musical instrument)
- lʋŋã noun (musical instrument)
Finnish
4 entries- pönttö noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- rumpu noun (musical instrument)
- rumpu noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- tynnyri noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
French
4 entries- baril noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- batterie noun (musical instrument)
- bidon noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- cylindre noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
Galician
3 entries- bombo noun (musical instrument)
- tambor noun (musical instrument)
- tambor noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
Ge'ez
1 entries- ከበሮ noun (musical instrument)
Georgian
1 entries- დოლი noun (musical instrument)
German
4 entries- Fass noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- Trommel noun (musical instrument)
- Trommel noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- einbläuen verb (to review to establish memorization)
Greek
4 entries- βαρέλι noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- τύμπανο noun (musical instrument)
- τύμπανο noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- τυμπανίζω verb (to beat a drum)
Greenlandic
1 entries- nappartaq noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- droum noun (musical instrument)
Hawaiian
1 entries- pahu noun (musical instrument)
Hebrew
2 entries- תוף \ תֹּף noun (musical instrument)
- תּוֹפֵף verb (to beat a drum)
Hindi
2 entries- ड्रम noun (musical instrument)
- ढोल noun (musical instrument)
Hungarian
4 entries- dob noun (musical instrument)
- dob noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- henger noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- hordó noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
Icelandic
4 entries- tromla noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- tromma noun (musical instrument)
- berja verb (to review to establish memorization)
- tromma verb (to beat a drum)
Ido
1 entries- tamburo noun (musical instrument)
Indonesian
2 entries- drum noun (musical instrument)
- gendang noun (musical instrument)
Ingrian
3 entries- barabana noun (musical instrument)
- barabaanittaa verb (to beat a drum)
- barabaanittaa verb (to beat with a rapid succession of strokes)
Ingush
1 entries- фота noun (musical instrument)
Irish
3 entries- druma noun (musical instrument)
- druma noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- druma noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
Italian
4 entries- batteria noun (musical instrument)
- bidone noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- bidone noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- tamburo noun (musical instrument)
Japanese
3 entries- ドラム noun (musical instrument)
- 太鼓 noun (musical instrument)
- 鼓 noun (musical instrument)
Javanese
1 entries- kendhang noun (musical instrument)
K'iche'
1 entries- q'ojom, lab'al, tamb'or noun (musical instrument)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- bidon noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
Kalmyk
1 entries- кеңкрг noun (musical instrument)
Karok
1 entries- imthanuvnôor noun (musical instrument)
Kazakh
1 entries- барабан noun (musical instrument)
Khmer
1 entries- ស្គរ noun (musical instrument)
Korean
2 entries- 드럼 noun (musical instrument)
- 북 noun (musical instrument)
Kunigami
1 entries- 鼓 noun (musical instrument)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- добулбас noun (musical instrument)
- нагара noun (musical instrument)
Lao
1 entries- ກອງ noun (musical instrument)
Latgalian
2 entries- bubyns noun (musical instrument)
- bungys noun (musical instrument)
Latin
1 entries- tympanum noun (musical instrument)
Latvian
1 entries- bungas noun (musical instrument)
Ligurian
1 entries- tambûo noun (musical instrument)
Lithuanian
1 entries- būgnas noun (musical instrument)
Lombard
1 entries- tambór noun (musical instrument)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- bubon noun (musical instrument)
Luhya
1 entries- engoma noun (musical instrument)
Luo
1 entries- bul noun (musical instrument)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Tromm noun (musical instrument)
Macedonian
4 entries- бараба́н noun (musical instrument)
- бараба́н noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- бу́ре noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- ва́лјак noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
Malay
2 entries- gendang noun (musical instrument)
- bergendang verb (to beat a drum)
Malayalam
3 entries- ചെണ്ട noun (musical instrument)
- വീപ്പ noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- കൊട്ടുക verb (to beat a drum)
Maltese
1 entries- tanbur noun (musical instrument)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡨᡠᠩᡴᡝᠨ noun (musical instrument)
Maranao
1 entries- tambor noun (musical instrument)
Miyako
1 entries- 鼓 noun (musical instrument)
Mongolian
1 entries- бөмбөр noun (musical instrument)
Māori
4 entries- pahu noun (musical instrument)
- pahū noun (musical instrument)
- pākiri noun (musical instrument)
- taramu noun (musical instrument)
Navajo
1 entries- ásaaʼ yilghaałí noun (musical instrument)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- ngoma noun (musical instrument)
Northern Amami Ōshima
1 entries- 鼓 noun (musical instrument)
Northern Sotho
1 entries- moropa noun (musical instrument)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- fat noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- tromme noun (musical instrument)
- trommel noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- fat noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- tromme noun (musical instrument)
- trommel noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
Odia
1 entries- ଢାପ noun (musical instrument)
Ojibwe
1 entries- dewe'igan noun (musical instrument)
Okinawan
1 entries- 鼓 noun (musical instrument)
Okinoerabu
1 entries- 鼓 noun (musical instrument)
Old Javanese
1 entries- kĕndang noun (musical instrument)
Oromo
1 entries- dibbee noun (musical instrument)
Ossetian
2 entries- барабан noun (musical instrument)
- гуымсӕг noun (musical instrument)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- طبل noun (musical instrument)
Pacoh
1 entries- acưr noun (musical instrument)
Pannonian Rusyn
4 entries- бубен noun (musical instrument)
- буґна noun (musical instrument)
- бубновац verb (to beat a drum)
- буґновац verb (to beat a drum)
Pashto
2 entries- تمبل noun (musical instrument)
- ډمبک noun (musical instrument)
Persian
4 entries- تبیر noun (musical instrument)
- تبیره noun (musical instrument)
- تمبک noun (musical instrument)
- دهل noun (musical instrument)
Piedmontese
1 entries- tanborn noun (musical instrument)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Dromm noun (musical instrument)
Polabian
1 entries- bǫbån noun (musical instrument)
Polish
4 entries- beczka noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- bęben noun (musical instrument)
- bęben noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- bębnić verb (to beat a drum)
Portuguese
4 entries- barril noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- tambor noun (musical instrument)
- tambor noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- batucar verb (to beat a drum)
Rohingya
1 entries- dhúl noun (musical instrument)
Romagnol
1 entries- tambùr noun (musical instrument)
Romani
1 entries- दऊलि noun (musical instrument)
Romanian
1 entries- tobă noun (musical instrument)
Russian
4 entries- бараба́н noun (musical instrument)
- бараба́н noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- бо́чка noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- бу́бен noun (musical instrument)
Sanskrit
1 entries- दुन्दुभि noun (musical instrument)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- druma noun (musical instrument)
- druma noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- druma noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bȁčva noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- bȕre noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- bȗbanj noun (musical instrument)
- bȗbanj noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
Shona
1 entries- ngoma noun (musical instrument)
Sidamo
1 entries- dibbe noun (musical instrument)
Sinhalese
1 entries- බෙර noun (musical instrument)
Slovak
1 entries- bubon noun (musical instrument)
Slovene
4 entries- boben noun (musical instrument)
- boben noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- bobnati verb (to beat a drum)
- bobnati verb (to beat with a rapid succession of strokes)
Somali
1 entries- durbaan noun (musical instrument)
Southern Altai
1 entries- барабан noun (musical instrument)
Southern Amami Ōshima
1 entries- 鼓 noun (musical instrument)
Spanish
4 entries- barril noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- bidón noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- cilindro noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- tambor noun (musical instrument)
Swahili
4 entries- ngoma noun (musical instrument)
- ngoma noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- ngoma noun (barrel etc. for liquid)
- ngoma verb (to beat a drum)
Swedish
2 entries- trumma noun (musical instrument)
- trumma verb (to beat a drum)
Tagalog
1 entries- tambol noun (musical instrument)
Tahitian
1 entries- pahu noun (musical instrument)
Tajik
4 entries- барабан noun (musical instrument)
- дуҳул noun (musical instrument)
- нақора noun (musical instrument)
- табл noun (musical instrument)
Taos
1 entries- múluną noun (musical instrument)
Tatar
3 entries- барабан noun (musical instrument)
- давыл noun (musical instrument)
- думбак noun (musical instrument)
Thai
1 entries- กลอง noun (musical instrument)
Tibetan
2 entries- ཊ་མ་རུ noun (musical instrument)
- རྔ noun (musical instrument)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kerū noun (musical instrument)
Tokunoshima
1 entries- 鼓 noun (musical instrument)
Tumbuka
1 entries- ng'oma noun (musical instrument)
Turkish
3 entries- davul noun (musical instrument)
- kasnak noun (wall supporting a dome)
- kasnak noun (cylindrical block forming a pillar)
Turkmen
3 entries- baraban noun (musical instrument)
- dep noun (musical instrument)
- deprek noun (musical instrument)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎚𐎔 noun (musical instrument)
Ukrainian
1 entries- бараба́н noun (musical instrument)
Unami
2 entries- puhënikàn noun (musical instrument)
- puhënike verb (to beat a drum)
Urdu
2 entries- ڈرم noun (musical instrument)
- ڈھول noun (musical instrument)
Uyghur
3 entries- بارابان noun (musical instrument)
- داپ noun (musical instrument)
- دۇمباق noun (musical instrument)
Uzbek
4 entries- baraban noun (musical instrument)
- dovul noun (musical instrument)
- doʻmbira noun (musical instrument)
- do'mbra verb (to beat a drum)
Vietnamese
1 entries- trống noun (musical instrument)
Vilamovian
1 entries- paojk noun (musical instrument)
Walloon
3 entries- cilinde noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
- tabeur noun (musical instrument)
- tabeur noun (hollow, cylindrical object)
Welsh
1 entries- drwm noun (musical instrument)
West-Frisian
1 entries- tromme noun (musical instrument)
Western Apache
1 entries- ísaaʼ adííhí noun (musical instrument)
Wutunhua
1 entries- guu noun (musical instrument)
Yaeyama
1 entries- 鼓 noun (musical instrument)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּויק noun (musical instrument)
Yucatec Maya
1 entries- tunk'ul noun (musical instrument)
Zulu
1 entries- isigubhu noun (musical instrument)
Sample sentences
31 total sentences available.
Tom has been beating the drum for the project.
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Jim likes to play the drum.
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A boy was beating the drum.
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