A drum is a musical instrument that you play by hitting it rhythmically with a stick or your hand. Most drums are round, with a thin material stretched tightly over the ends.
An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band.
Noun
small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
Noun
a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
Noun
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretch across each end
Noun
a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
Noun
the sound of a drum; "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"
Noun
a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
Verb
study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
Verb
play a percussion instrument
Verb
make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
n.
An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow
cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or
vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere
(kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common
instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of
tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band.
n.
Anything resembling a drum in form
n.
A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum, for
warming an apartment by means of heat received from a stovepipe, or a
cylindrical receiver for steam, etc.
n.
A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are packed.
n.
The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but incorrectly, applied
to the tympanic membrane.
n.
One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of
which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether
circular or polygonal in plan, carrying a cupola or dome.
n.
A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of
driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its
periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or
chain is wound.
n.
See Drumfish.
n.
A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a
private house; a rout.
n.
A tea party; a kettledrum.
v. i.
To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a
drum.
v. i.
To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with
a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that of a beaten
drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his wings.
v. i.
To throb, as the heart.
v. i.
To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to
draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for.
v. t.
To execute on a drum, as a tune.
v. t.
(With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum; as,
to drum out a deserter or rogue from a camp, etc.
v. t.
(With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to
collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up recruits; to
drum up customers.
Drum
The drums cry bud-a-dub.2.
Not unaptly styled a drum, from the noise and emptiness of the entertainment.
Drum
Drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair.3.
Drum
An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band.
To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.
To execute on a drum, as a tune.
Usage Examples
When I was at school, I was in choirs more than anything else, from a very young age, about 9 years old. And then I started taking drum lessons.
But, I don't think any arranger should ever write a drum part for a drummer because if a drummer can't create his own Interpretation of the chart and he plays everything that's written, he becomes mechanical he has no freedom.
Yeah, my drum programming especially is based on my knowledge of playing a drum kit. For the bass too, definitely. It was the first thing that I translated any sort of ideas through. It must have shaped it somehow.
I suppose I am a frustrated musician so I annoy my family by playing guitar in the house. I used to be into acoustic stuff but my son Joseph is learning drums, so now I have an electric guitar and we play Metallica. We have an amp and a PA in the garage with his drum kit.
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Other Usage ExamplesIn the morning on Sunday, a drum is sounded at about 8 o'clock.
I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat, and then you'd tilt your snare drum away from you, so I do that too. So my snare tilts away from me.
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
Dad bought me a toy drum one Christmas, and I eventually destroyed it. I wanted a real drum and he bought me a snare drum. Dad continued to buy me one drum after the other.
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