Definition of drum

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

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Tam-tam :: Tam-tam (n.) A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; -- called also tom-tom.
Lag :: Lag (n.) A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or a steam engine..
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t. & i.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff..
Whim :: Whim (n.) A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes; -- called also whim gin, and whimsey..
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..
Roll :: Roll (n.) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon..
Drum :: Drum (n.) Anything resembling a drum in for.
Drumstick :: Drumstick (n.) A stick with which a drum is beaten.
Drumming :: Drumming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dru.
Drummer :: Drummer (n.) A large West Indian cockroach (Blatta gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call..
Distinguish :: Distinguish (v. t.) To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate (anything) from other things with which it might be confounded; as, to distinguish the sound of a drum..
Frustum :: Frustum (n.) One of the drums of the shaft of a column.
Kettledrummer :: Kettledrummer (n.) One who plays on a kettledrum.
Drum Major :: Drum major () The marching leader of a military band.
Unmuffle :: Unmuffle (v. t.) To remove the muffling of, as a drum..
Naker :: Naker (n.) A kind of kettledrum.
Tympano :: Tympano (n.) A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum.
Drum Major :: Drum major () .
Atabal :: Atabal (n.) A kettledrum; a kind of tabor, used by the Moors..
Drummer :: Drummer (n.) A fish that makes a sound when caugh.
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