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Drumstick :: Drumstick (n.) Anything resembling a drumstick in form, as the tibiotarsus, or second joint, of the leg of a fowl..

Rattle :: Rattle (n.) A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum..

Fife :: Fife (n.) A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music..

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action..

Overwind :: Overwind (v. t.) To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoisting rope on a drum..

Rataplan :: Rataplan (n.) The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse..

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

Malashaganay :: Malashaganay (n.) The fresh-water drumfish (Haploidonotus grunniens).

Rigger :: Rigger (n.) A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.

Tattoo :: Tattoo (n.) A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp..

Rappel :: Rappel (n.) The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.

Drum :: Drum (n.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal in plan, carrying a cupola or dome..

Drumble :: Drumble (v. i.) To mumble in speaking.

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..

Tabor :: Tabor (v. i.) To play on a tabor, or little drum..

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

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

Tam-tam :: Tam-tam (n.) A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; -- called also tom-tom.

Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear..

Drummer :: Drummer (n.) One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler.

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