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drum

/ˈdɹʌm/noun, verb1 syllable

Drum means: study intensively, as before an exam.

Synonyms for drum16

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

membranophone, tympan

noun, as in a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

barrel

noun, as in a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids

metal drum

noun, as in a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

brake drum

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

drumfish

verb, as in study intensively, as before an exam

cram, grind away, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone

verb, as in make a rhythmic sound

beat, thrum

What does drum mean?9

verb

1

study intensively, as before an exam“I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam”

2

make a rhythmic sound“Rain drummed against the windshield”

3

play a percussion instrument

noun

1

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

2

a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

3

a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids

4

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

5

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

6

the sound of a drum“he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with drum?23

one syllable

fromsomecomedumbmumsumumcumthumbgumbumscumrumhumummplumnumbyumslumchumcrumb

two syllables

becomesuccumb
Show 40 near rhymes
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Drum in a sentence

  • She composed the music, but used her mouth to make the drum noises.Eccles17
  • Don't fill the drum with water, it's leaking.LeeSooHa
  • Our record label is dedicated to trance and drum and bass musicians.DJ_Saidez
  • We've got to drum up some business in the shop.sundown
  • They had been thumping the drum all along.unknown
  • They usually drum their fingers at red lights.unknown
  • The soldiers were marching to the beat of the drum.Amastan
  • He's walking to the beat of a drum.Miktsoanit

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of drum

as a noun

plural
drums

as a verb

past tense
drummed
present participle
drumming
third-person singular
drums
past participle
drummed