Drum

  • 31drum — I [[t]drʌm[/t]] n. pl. drums, (esp. collectively for11)drum, 1) mad a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usu. cylindrical body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the… …

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  • 32drum — I. /drʌm / (say drum) noun 1. a musical instrument consisting of a hollow body, often 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. 2. any hollow tree or… …

  • 33drum up — verb gather drum up support • Syn: ↑beat up, ↑rally • Hypernyms: ↑collect, ↑pull in • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …

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  • 34drum — I UK [drʌm] / US noun Word forms drum : singular drum plural drums ** 1) [countable] 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. See …

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  • 35drum — 1 noun (C) 1 a musical instrument made of skin stretched over a circular frame that you hit with your hand or a stick: the steady rhythmic beating of the drums 2 something that looks like a drum, especially part of a machine: The brake drums are… …

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  • 36drum — I n. percussion instrument 1) to beat, play; roll a drum 2) a bass drum; kettledrum; snare drum 3) muffled drums 4) the drums roll cylinder 5) a brake drum II v. (d; tr.) to drum into (to drum smt. into smb. s head) * * * [drʌm] …

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  • 37drum — darum * * * drụm 〈Adv.; umg.〉 = darum ● sei s drum es macht nichts, nehmen wir s in Kauf, es soll uns nicht stören; mit allem, was drum und dran hängt 〈umg.〉 mit allem, was damit zusammenhängt, was dazugehört; das Drum und Dran das Zubehör, alles …

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  • 38Drum — Trommel * * * drụm 〈Adv.; umg.〉 = darum ● sei s drum es macht nichts, nehmen wir s in Kauf, es soll uns nicht stören; mit allem, was drum und dran hängt 〈umg.〉 mit allem, was damit zusammenhängt, was dazugehört; das Drum und Dran das Zubehör,… …

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  • 39drum — Synonyms and related words: barrage, barrel, beat, beat a ruffle, beat a tattoo, beat the drum, beat time, beating, bole, bongo drum, cackle, call, canvass, carol, cask, caw, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, chuck, clack,… …

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  • 40drum — ▪ I. drum drum 1 [drʌm] noun [countable] a large round container for storing liquids such as oil, chemicals etc: • a stack of oil drums   [m0] ▪ II. drum drum 2 verb drummed PTandPPX …

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