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Thrum :: Thrum (v. i.) Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table..

Drum :: Drum (v. i.) To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for..

Drum :: Drum (v. i.) 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..

Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum..

Atabal :: Atabal (n.) A kettledrum; a kind of tabor, used by the Moors..

Piping :: Piping (v.) Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife..

Naker :: Naker (n.) A kind of kettledrum.

Drum :: Drum (n.) Anything resembling a drum in for.

Drum :: Drum (n.) A tea party; a kettledrum.

Croaker :: Croaker (n.) An American fresh-water fish (Aplodinotus grunniens); -- called also drum.

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

Tambour :: Tambour (n.) A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by an India rubber tube, and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery..

Redfish :: Redfish (n.) The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under Drumfish..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine..

Drumhead :: Drumhead (n.) The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum.

Humdrum :: Humdrum (a.) Monotonous; dull; commonplace.

Snare :: Snare (n.) The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.

Kettledrum :: Kettledrum (n.) An informal social party at which a light collation is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening. Cf. Drum, n., 4 and 5..

Monkey :: Monkey (n.) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs..

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