Definition of drum

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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..

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Vibrant :: Vibrant (a.) Vibrating; tremulous; resonant; as, vibrant drums..
Drumble :: Drumble (v. i.) To be sluggish or lazy; to be confused.
Tabor :: Tabor (n.) A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person..
Tuck :: Tuck (n.) The beat 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..
Drum :: Drum (n.) Anything resembling a drum in for.
Bass Drum :: Bass drum () The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. See Bass, a..
Catarrhine :: Catarrhine (n.) One of the Catarrhina, a division of Quadrumana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey..
Vase :: Vase (n.) The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and drum..
Chamade :: Chamade (n.) A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum.
Drum :: Drum (n.) A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a private house; a rout..
Monkey :: Monkey (n.) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs..
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum..
Drum Major :: Drum major () A noisy gathering. [R.] See under Drum, n., 4..
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..
Tam-tam :: Tam-tam (n.) A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; -- called also tom-tom.
Urchin :: Urchin (n.) One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders, arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog..
Drummed :: Drummed (imp. & p. p.) of Dru.
Cage :: Cage (n.) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
Squinsy :: Squinch (n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon..
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