English dictionary
drum
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
noun
- a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
noun
- a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
noun
- a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids
noun
- the sound of a drum
noun
- a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
verb
- study intensively, as before an exam
verb
- play a percussion instrument
verb
- make a rhythmic sound
Example sentences
he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes
I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
Rain drummed against the windshield
He drummed his fingers on the table