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drum

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[ UK /dɹˈʌm/ ]
[ US /ˈdɹəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
  2. a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
  3. the sound of a drum
    he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes
  4. a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
  5. a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
  6. small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
VERB
  1. play a percussion instrument
  2. make a rhythmic sound
    The drums beat all night
    Rain drummed against the windshield
  3. study intensively, as before an exam
    I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
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  • Do you really want ambient and drum'n'bass remixers stomping on your world music? Times, Sunday Times
  • He literally danced his music into being, conducting his bass players, drummers and horn section with his hips.
  • The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant holiday celebrated in China, and the one with the longest history. The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated by boat races in the shape of dragons. Competing teams row their boats forward to a drumbeat racing to reach the finish end first.
  • Taking up the whole stage included three guitarists, a bass player, one on drums, and a xylophonist, but this time no microphone in sight. FasterLouder.com.au > Your Access All Areas pass to the latest in Australian rock music! News, Reviews, Photos, Forums and more
  • The invention concerns a cable drum having a non-cylindrical profile of its outer surface and the use of this cable drum in a window regulator system, particularly in a vehicle.
  • The braai was an oil drum cut in half lengthways, with cut-down pipes soldered to its underneath as legs. Rainbow’s End
  • Johnson and a cohort of industry representatives have been busy banging the drum for London's fintech scene.
  • The filler is on top of the box on a small square plate just in front of the hand brake drum.
  • Vibrations from instruments such as the talking drum or the didgeridoo, or even from foot-stomping dances, may have spoken volumes to distant, unshod listeners.
  • We were given drums, triangles, maracas and tambourines to experiment with.
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