Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "drum" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

child's room ear marching band music store musician's home orchestra parade rock band store symphony orchestra trapset

Derived Terms

Lambeg drum bang on the drum bang the drum bang the drum for barrel drum bass drum beat like a jungle drum beat the drum beat the drum for bedrum big drum black drum bongo drum brake drum cable drum caveman drums chalice drum cocktail drum concert bass drum conga drum conical drum construction drum double conical drum double-conical drum dram major drum 'n' bass drum and bass drum belly drum brake drum cadence drum fill drum head drum horse drum into drum kit drum machine drum magazine drum major drum majorette drum out drum roll drum set drum stick drum talk drum tower drum up drum-dried drum-head court drumbeat drumbeater drumbeating drumette drumfire drumfish drumful drumfunk drumhead drumless drumlike drumline drummer drummer drummie drumming drummist drummy drumology drumskin drumstep drumstick ear drum eardrum footed drum frame drum freshwater drum friction drum frog drum furling drum goblet drum hand drum horn drum hourglass drum kettle drum kettledrum kick drum kickdrum long drum march to a different drum march to one's own drum march to the beat of a different drum march to the beat of one's own drum mud drum nanodrum ngoma drum oil drum on the drum pellet drum red drum redrum rollerdrum side drum skull drum slit drum snare drum sound the drum steam drum steel drum storm drum talking drum tenor drum thunder-drum tight as a drum tom-tom drum tongue drum traffic drum tubular drum waisted drum war drum water drum

Etymologically Related To

trumpet

Context

architecture au music slang uk

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

cylinder go hit the books percussion instrument percussive instrument play sciaenid sciaenid fish sound sound study vessel

Type Of (IsA)

can container instrument large metal can membrane membranophone percussion percussion instrument sciaenid fish sound vessel

Manner Of

play sound

Receives Action

played by beating on skin

Related Terms

percussion

Related Terms

acoustic assembly banging banging instrument barrel beat beat keeper block chamber covering cupola cylindrical dome drill drumfish drummer gathering hill hollow home instrument keeper kit liquid membranophone memorization musical musical instrument musicians percussion percussion instrument percussion skins percussive pillar review ridge rock rock instrument round skins spanned sticks strike thin thumping thumping instrument tip tom tom tom wall

Similar Terms

beat cram

Synonym Network

barrel brake drum cram

Used For

annoy parents banging beat create beat for music hitting make noise make sounds making music music play percussion rhythm send message sit on

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.