drum plural
drum
The plural form of drum is drums
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- noun plural drum percussion: in a band 1
- noun plural drum a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound. 1
- noun plural drum any hollow tree or similar object or device used in this way. 1
- noun plural drum the sound produced by such an instrument, object, or device. 1
- noun plural drum any rumbling or deep booming sound. 1
- noun plural drum a natural organ by which an animal produces a loud or bass sound. 1
- noun plural drum eardrum. 1
- noun plural drum any cylindrical object with flat ends. 1
- noun plural drum a cylindrical part of a machine. 1
- noun plural drum a cylindrical box or receptacle, especially a large, metal one for storing or transporting liquids. 1
- noun plural drum Also called tambour. Architecture. any of several cylindrical or nearly cylindrical stones laid one above the other to form a column or pier. a cylindrical or faceted construction supporting a dome. 1
- noun plural drum any of several marine and freshwater fishes of the family Sciaenidae that produce a drumming sound. 1
- noun plural drum Also called drum memory. Computers. magnetic drum. 1
- noun plural drum Archaic. an assembly of fashionable people at a private house in the evening. 1
- noun plural drum a person who plays the drum. 1
- noun plural drum Australian Informal. reliable, confidential, or profitable information: to give someone the drum. 1