Definitions for DRUM
drʌmdrum

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drum, membranophone, tympannoun

   a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

2. drumnoun

   the sound of a drum

   "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"

3. barrel, drumnoun

   a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

4. drum, metal drumnoun

   a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids

5. brake drum, drumnoun

   a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

6. drum, drumfishverb

   small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

7. drum, beat, thrumverb

   make a rhythmic sound

   "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"

8. drumverb

   play a percussion instrument

9. cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, boneverb

   study intensively, as before an exam

   "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drumnoun

   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.

2. drumnoun

   Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.

3. drumnoun

   In particular, a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.

   The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums.

4. drumnoun

   A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.

5. drumnoun

   The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola

6. drumnoun

   Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar

7. drumnoun

   A drumfish.

8. drumverb

   (music) To beat a drum.

9. drumverb

   To knock successively and playfully.

   Drumming one's fingers on a table is often an expression of impatience or annoyance.

10. drumverb

    To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.

    He's still trying to drum Spanish verb conjugations into my head.

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DRUMnoun

   Etymology: tromme, Danish; drumme, Erse.

   1. An instrument of military musick, consisting of vellum strained over a broad hoop on each side, and beaten with sticks.

   Let’s march without the noise of threat’ning drums. William Shakespeare.

   In drums the closeness round about, that preserveth the sound from dispersing, maketh the noise come forth at the drum-hole, far more loud and strong than if you should strike upon the like skin extended in the open air. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

   Tears trickling down their breasts bedew the ground,
   And drums and trumpets mix their mournful sound. Dryden.

   Now no more the drum
   Provokes to arms, or trumpet’s clangor shrill
   Affrights the wives, and chills the virgin’s blood. Phillips.

   2. The tympanum of the ear, or the membrane which perceives the vibration of the air.

2. To Drumverb

   1. To beat a drum; to beat a tune on a drum.2. To beat with a pulsatory motion.

   Now, heart,
   Be ribb’d with iron for this one attempt;
   Set ope thy sluices, send the vigorous blood
   Through every active limb for my relief;
   Then take thy rest within the quiet cell;
   For thou shalt drum no more. John Dryden, Don Sebastian.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drum

   A drum is a percussion instrument that produces sound when struck by hand, drumstick or another implement. It typically consists of a hollow cylinder constructed from various materials, with a membrane stretched over its open ends. Depending on the type of drum, such as a snare drum, bass drum, or bongo drum, it can produce different types of sounds and rhythms. Drums are used in various music genres across different cultures.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. Drumnoun

   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

2. Drumnoun

   anything resembling a drum in form

3. Drumnoun

   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

4. Drumnoun

   a small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are packed

5. Drumnoun

   the tympanum of the ear; -- often, but incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane

6. Drumnoun

   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

7. Drumnoun

   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

8. Drumnoun

   see Drumfish

9. Drumnoun

   a noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a private house; a rout

10. Drumnoun

    a tea party; a kettledrum

11. Drumverb

    to beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum

12. Drumverb

    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

13. Drumverb

    to throb, as the heart

14. Drumverb

    to go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for

15. Drumverb

    to execute on a drum, as a tune

16. Drumverb

    (With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum; as, to drum out a deserter or rogue from a camp, etc

17. Drumverb

    (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

18. Etymology: [Cf. D. trom, trommel, LG. trumme, G. trommel, Dan. tromme, Sw. trumma, OHG. trumba a trumpet, Icel. pruma a clap of thunder, and as a verb, to thunder, Dan. drum a booming sound, drumme to boom; prob. partly at least of imitative origin; perh. akin to E. trum, or trumpet.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drum

   The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a drum stick, to produce sound. There is usually a resonance head on the underside of the drum, typically tuned to a slightly lower pitch than the top drumhead. Other techniques have been used to cause drums to make sound, such as the thumb roll. Drums are the world's oldest and most ubiquitous musical instruments, and the basic design has remained virtually unchanged for thousands of years. All types of drums, such as timpani for example, are tuned to a certain pitch. Often, several drums, other than timpani drums, can be arranged together to create a drum kit.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drum

   drum, n. an instrument of percussion, in which a skin of parchment, stretched on a frame of wood or metal, is beaten with an instrument called a drumstick: anything shaped like a drum: the tympanum or middle portion of the ear: (archit.) the upright part of a cupola: (mech.) a revolving cylinder: formerly a large and tumultuous evening party (said to be so called because rival hostesses vied with each other in beating up crowds of guests).—v.i. to beat a drum: to beat with the fingers.—v.t. to drum out, to expel: to summon:—pr.p. drum′ming; pa.p. drummed.—ns. Drum′head, the head of a drum (see Court-martial): the top part of a capstan; Drum′-mā′jor, the chief drummer of a regiment (now called sergeant-drummer); Drum′mer, one who drums: (U.S.) a commercial traveller; Drum′stick, the stick with which the drum is beat: the leg of a cooked fowl. [From a Teut. root found in Dut. trom, Ger. trommel, a drum; prob. imit.]

2. Drum

   drum, n. a small hill or ridge of hills, used in many place-names, as Drumglass, Drumsheugh, &c. [Ir. druim, the back.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drum

   See STORM-DRUM.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drum

   A musical instrument of percussion, formed by stretching a piece of parchment over each end of a cylinder formed of thin wood, or over the top of a caldron-shaped vessel of brass; the latter is hence called a kettle-drum. The large drums which are beaten at each end are called double drums, or bass drums, and are used chiefly in military bands. Kettle-drums are always used in pairs; one of which is tuned to the key-note, the other to the fifth of the key. The drum is principally used for military purposes, especially for inspiring the soldiers under the fatigue of march or in battle. It is supposed to be an Eastern invention, and to have been brought into Europe by the Arabians, or perhaps the Moors. In the French army the drum is now, to some extent, abolished.

2. drum

   To execute on a drum, as a tune;—with out, to expel with beat of drum; as, to drum out a deserter, etc.; with up, to assemble by beat of drum; to gather; to collect; as, to drum up recruits, etc.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drum

   A type of musical instrument created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, shapes, sizes and styles to create a variety of musical sounds.

   Some people buy a drum to learn to play and if they like it and embrace it buy a drum kit to progress their talent.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on October 24, 2016  

Suggested ResourcesRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DRUM

   What does DRUM stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the DRUM acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drum

   The name for a fashionable evening party of bygone days, from the noise made by the card players.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DRUM

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Drum is ranked #7459 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Drum surname appeared 4,468 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Drum.
   
   91.6% or 4,093 total occurrences were White.
   2.7% or 122 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 84 total occurrences were Black.
   1.7% or 79 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   1.3% or 60 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 30 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Cylinder
   • Music
   • Play
   • Sound
   • Study
   • Vessel

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'DRUM' in Nouns Frequency: #2247

How to pronounce DRUM?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say DRUM in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of DRUM in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of DRUM in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of DRUM in a Sentence

1. Vic Santucci:

   Gobies are found in abundance among the rocks and boulders of our harbors and nearshore areas throughout much of the year. Foraging whitefish may be drawn to these nearshore areas when the temperature is right to feed on gobies or other prey, which increases their chances of encountering baited hooks of anglers fishing nearshore for perch, drum or other species.

2. Christopher Gardner:

   If you asked me in my heart of hearts do I think we should have been banging the drum about nutrition for the last 100 years? Yes. So every time we can bang the drum a little more, I’m always in favor.

3. Robert Boland:

   Boston was left standing alone rather than competing and that made it harder to drum up public support, the minute you get something you begin to think about not wanting it.

4. Nate Appleman:

   I’ve been beating the drum for five years, it was one of the first things I worked on.

5. Robert Bonsib:

   My client is a very intelligent individual, he just marches to the beat of his own drum. That’s one the wonderful things about this country. You can do that.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=DRUM
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Drum
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=DRUM
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DRUM
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=DRUM
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=DRUM
8. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Drum
9. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=DRUM
10. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=DRUM
11. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
12. ^ Etymology and Origins
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=DRUM
13. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html