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Drum

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Definitions for Drum

noun
a musical percussion instrument
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Examples
  1. usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
noun
the sound of a drum
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  1. he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes
noun
a bulging cylindrical shape
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  1. hollow with flat ends
noun
a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
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metal drum
noun
a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
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brake drum
noun
small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
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verb
make a rhythmic sound
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  1. Rain drummed against the windshield
  2. The drums beat all night
verb
play a percussion instrument
verb
study intensively, as before an exam
Synonyms
cram grind away bone up swot get up mug up swot up bone
Examples
  1. I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam

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