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UK
/dɹˈʌm/
]
[ US /ˈdɹəm/ ]
[ US /ˈdɹəm/ ]
NOUN
- a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
- a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
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the sound of a drum
he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes - a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
- a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
- small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
VERB
- play a percussion instrument
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make a rhythmic sound
The drums beat all night
Rain drummed against the windshield -
study intensively, as before an exam
I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
How To Use drum In A Sentence
- 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.
- 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
- Traditional values were drummed into him from an early age.
- Lezinka, a boisterous dance in a raging tempo, drums ablaze, that is popular in the The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
- An information booklet will be available and press advertisements will drum home the message.
- The anchor winch has a large drum on the back, with its axis along the wreck.
- I'm not surprised," said Drumcarro; "one of the old Douglas family before the attainder was as good as any one of their new-fangled dukes. Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago
- 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.
- 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.
