English dictionary

drum

/dr/@/m/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

noun.artifact

Synonyms membranophone tympan

Source: WordNet 3.0
the sound of a drum

noun.event

Examples
He could hear the drums before he heard the fifes.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

noun.shape

Synonyms barrel

Source: WordNet 3.0
a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids

noun.artifact

Synonyms metal drum

Source: WordNet 3.0
a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

noun.artifact

Synonyms brake drum

Source: WordNet 3.0
small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

noun.animal

Synonyms drumfish

Source: WordNet 3.0
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 <i>tympani</i> in an orchestra, or cavalry band.

noun

Source: webster1913

make a rhythmic sound

verb.perception

Examples
Rain drummed against the windshield.

The drums beat all night.

Synonyms beat thrum

Source: WordNet 3.0
play a percussion instrument

verb.creation

Source: WordNet 3.0
study intensively, as before an exam

verb.cognition

Synonyms bone bone up cram get up grind away mug up swot swot up

Source: WordNet 3.0
To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.

verb

Source: webster1913
To execute on a drum, as a tune.

verb

Source: webster1913