Definitions for drumdrʌm

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

drumdrʌm(n.)(pl.)drums; drum

(n.)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 hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks to produce a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
Category: Music and Dance
any hollow tree or similar object or device used in this way.
the sound produced by such an instrument, object, or device.
any rumbling or deep booming sound.
a natural organ by which an animal produces a loud or bass sound.
Ref: eardrum.
any cylindrical object with flat ends.
a cylindrical part of a machine.
Category: Machinery
a cylindrical box or receptacle, esp. a large, metal one for storing or transporting liquids.
any of several cylindrical stones laid one above the other to form a column or pier. a cylindrical or faceted construction supporting a dome.
Category: Architecture
Ref: Also called tambour.
Category: Ichthyology
Ref: Also called drumfish.
(v.i.)to beat or play a drum.
to beat on anything rhythmically, esp. to tap one's fingers rhythmically on a hard surface.
to make a sound like that of a drum; resound.
(of ruffed grouse and other birds) to produce a sound resembling drumming.
(v.t.)to beat (a drum) rhythmically; perform by beating a drum.
to call or summon by or as if by beating a drum.
to drive or force by persistent repetition:
to drum an idea into someone.
to fill a drum with; store in a drum.
Category: Common Vocabulary
drum out, to expel or dismiss from a military service in disgrace to the beat of a drum. to dismiss in disgrace.
Category: Verb Phrase, Military
drum up, to call or summon by, or as if by, beating a drum. to obtain or create (trade, interest, etc.) through vigorous effort. to concoct; devise.
Category: Verb Phrase

Idioms for drum:

beat the drum for,to publicize.
Category: Idiom

Origin of drum:

1535–45; shortening of drumslade drum, drummer

drum^*drʌm(n.)

a long narrow hill or ridge.
Category: British, Scottish

^* Chiefly Scot..

Origin of drum:

1715–25; < Ir and ScotGael druim

Princeton's WordNet

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

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

drum(noun)ʌm
a musical instrument that you hit with a stick to make rhythms

Wiktionary

drum(Noun)
A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber, affecting what materials are used to make it.
drum(Noun)
Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
drum(Noun)
In particular, a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums.
drum(Noun)
A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
drum(Noun)
The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola
drum(Noun)
Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar
drum(Noun)
A drumfish.
drum(Verb)
(music) To beat a drum.
drum(Verb)
To knock successively and playfully.
Drumming oneu2019s fingers on a table is often an expression of impatience or annoyance.
drum(Verb)
To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
Heu2019s still trying to drum Spanish verb conjugations into my head.

Origin: 1535, back-formation from drumslade "drummer" from or trommelslag "drumbeat" from trommel "drum" from trom "drum" + slag "beat" (slay) from slagen "to beat".

Webster Dictionary

Drum(noun)
an instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band
Drum(noun)
anything resembling a drum in form
Drum(noun)
a sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum, for warming an apartment by means of heat received from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam, etc
Drum(noun)
a small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are packed
Drum(noun)
the tympanum of the ear; -- often, but incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane
Drum(noun)
one of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal in plan, carrying a cupola or dome
Drum(noun)
a cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound
Drum(noun)
see Drumfish
Drum(noun)
a noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a private house; a rout
Drum(noun)
a tea party; a kettledrum
Drum(verb)
to beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum
Drum(verb)
to beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his wings
Drum(verb)
to throb, as the heart
Drum(verb)
to go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for
Drum(verb)
to execute on a drum, as a tune
Drum(verb)
(With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum; as, to drum out a deserter or rogue from a camp, etc
Drum(verb)
(With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up recruits; to drum up customers

The New Hacker's Dictionary

drum
Ancient techspeak term referring to slow, cylindrical magnetic media that were once state-of-the-art storage devices. Under some versions of BSD Unix the disk partition used for swapping is still called /dev/drum; this has led to considerable humor and not a few straight-faced but utterly bogus ‘explanations’ getting foisted on newbies. See also “ The Story of Mel'” in Appendix A.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

DRUM
Something noisy, and made to beat. DRUMMER Something noisy, but impossible to beat. From the Grk. _drimus_, meaning sharp. Hence, something sharp, that always carries its point and sticks whoever it can.