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16 Definitions of: drum

1. noun, music a percussion instrument sounded by striking a membrane stretched across the opening of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere
2. noun, beat the drum for to attempt to arouse interest in
3. noun, the sound produced by a drum or any similar sound
4. noun, an object that resembles a drum in shape, such as a large spool or a cylindrical container
5. noun, architect a) one of a number of cylindrical blocks of stone used to construct the shaft of a column b) the wall or structure supporting a dome or cupola
6. noun, short for eardrum
7. noun, Also called: drumfish any of various North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fishes, such as Equetus pulcher (striped drum), that utter a drumming sound
8. noun, a type of hollow rotor for steam turbines or axial compressors
9. noun, computing a rotating cylindrical device on which data may be stored for later retrieval: now mostly superseded by disks. See disk
10. noun, a drummer
11. noun, the drum the necessary information (esp in the phrase give (someone) the drum)
12. verb, to play (music) on or as if on a drum
13. verb, to beat or tap (the fingers) rhythmically or regularly
14. verb, (of birds) to produce a rhythmic sound, as by beating the bill against a tree, branch, etc
15. verb, to summon or call by drumming
16. verb, to instil by constant repetition ▷ See also drum out ▷ See also, drum up
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1. noun, a narrow ridge or hill
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Synonyms:	beat, pound, tap, rap, lash, thrash, tattoo, throb, pulsate, reverberate	And more...

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