Drum

  • 21drum — [v] beat, tap a beat boom*, pulsate, rap, reverberate, roar, strum, tattoo, throb, thrum, thunder*; concepts 65,189 …

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  • 22drum up — [v] gather support for something attract, bid for, canvass, discover, obtain, petition, round up, solicit, succeed in finding; concepts 68,300 Ant. dissuade, repulse, turn off …

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  • 23Drum — [dram ], die; , s <englisch> (englische Bezeichnung für Trommel); vgl. 1Drums …

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  • 24Drum — For other uses, see Drum (disambiguation). The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones.[1] Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that …

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  • 25drum — drum1 /drum/, n., pl. drums, (esp. collectively for 11) drum, v., drummed, drumming. n. 1. a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head,… …

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  • 26drum — cle·ro·den·drum; co·nun·drum; co·ri·an·drum; dol·drum; drum; drum·ble drone; drum·lie; drum·lin; drum·mer; drum·mock; drum·mond; drum·mond s; ep·i·an·drum; ep·i·den·drum; hor·mo·den·drum; ket·tle·drum·mer; mur·drum; pan·jan·drum; qua·drum·vir;… …

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  • 27drum — drum1 [drʌm] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from Dutch trom] 1.) a musical instrument made of skin stretched over a circular frame, played by hitting it with your hand or a stick ▪ a big bass drum ▪ 1000 people marched, beating drums and… …

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  • 28drum — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a percussion instrument or toy made of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere covered at one or both ends with stretched skin or parchment and sounded by striking (bass drum; kettledrum). b (often in pl.) a drummer or a percussion… …

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  • 29drum — drum1 [ drʌm ] noun ** 1. ) count a musical instrument consisting of a tight skin stretched over a round frame that you hit with your hands or a stick. Someone who plays a drum is a drummer. => DRUM N BASS 2. ) count a large round container… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 30drum — [[t]drʌ̱m[/t]] ♦♦♦ drums, drumming, drummed 1) N COUNT: oft the N 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. 2) N COUNT: usu with supp A… …

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