ALL meanings of drum
drum
D d - countable noun drum A drum is a musical instrument consisting of a skin stretched tightly over a round frame. You play a drum by beating it with sticks or with your hands. 0
- countable noun drum A drum is a large cylindrical container which is used to store fuel or other substances. 0
- countable noun drum A drum is a hollow cylindrical structure which is part of a machine, for example a washing machine. 0
- countable noun drum A drum is a circular object on which wire or rope is wound and kept. 0
- verb drum If something drums on a surface, or if you drum something on a surface, it hits it regularly, making a continuous beating sound. 0
- noun drum a percussion instrument sounded by striking a membrane stretched across the opening of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere 0
- noun drum the sound produced by a drum or any similar sound 0
- noun drum an object that resembles a drum in shape, such as a large spool or a cylindrical container 0
- noun drum one of a number of cylindrical blocks of stone used to construct the shaft of a column 0
- noun drum the wall or structure supporting a dome or cupola 0
- noun drum any of various North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fishes, such as Equetus pulcher (striped drum), that utter a drumming sound 0
- noun drum a type of hollow rotor for steam turbines or axial compressors 0
- noun drum a rotating cylindrical device on which data may be stored for later retrieval: now mostly superseded by disks 0
- noun drum a drummer 0
- verb drum to play (music) on or as if on a drum 0
- verb drum to beat or tap (the fingers) rhythmically or regularly 0
- verb drum (of birds) to produce a rhythmic sound, as by beating the bill against a tree, branch, etc 0
- verb drum to summon or call by drumming 0
- verb drum to instil by constant repetition 0
- noun drum a narrow ridge or hill 0
- noun drum a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere with a membrane stretched tightly over the end or ends, played by beating with the hands, sticks, etc. 0
- noun drum a set of drums and cymbals played by one person in a jazz, rock, or dance band 0
- noun drum the sound produced by beating a drum, or any sound like this 0
- noun drum any of various drumlike cylindrical objects 0
- noun drum a metal spool or cylinder around which cable, etc. is wound in a machine 0
- noun drum a barrel-like metal container for oil, etc. 0
- noun drum any of the cylindrical blocks making up the shaft of a stone column 0
- noun drum the circular or polygonal wall supporting a dome 0
- noun drum any of a family (Sciaenidae) of marine and freshwater percoid fishes that make a drumming sound 0
- noun drum middle ear 0
- noun drum tympanic membrane 0
- intransitive verb drum to beat a drum 0
- intransitive verb drum to beat or tap continually or rhythmically, as with the fingers 0
- intransitive verb drum to make a loud, reverberating sound by quivering the wings 0
- verb transitive drum to play (a tune, rhythm, etc.) on or as on a drum 0
- verb transitive drum to beat or tap continually 0
- verb transitive drum to assemble by beating a drum 0
- verb transitive drum to instill (ideas, facts, etc.) into by continued repetition 0
- noun drum a narrow hill or ridge 0
- abbreviation DRUM drumlin 0
- noun drum A drum is a hollow rotating part in a steam turbine or an axial compressor (= a compressor in which gas flows parallel with the rotation of the axis). 0