Definition of drum

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Drum (v. t.) (With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up recruits; to drum up customers..

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Recall :: Recall (n.) A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat..
Drum :: Drum (n.) A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are packed..
Drumhead :: Drumhead (n.) The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum.
Trick :: Trick (a.) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning..
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum..
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth..
Rigger :: Rigger (n.) A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.
Drum Major :: Drum major () The chief or first drummer of a regiment; an instructor of drummers.
Chain Pump :: Chain pump () A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge..
Drumly :: Drumly (a.) Turbid; muddy.
Troop :: Troop (n.) A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
Zirconia :: Zirconia (n.) The oxide of zirconium, obtained as a white powder, and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the Drummomd light..
Tam-tam :: Tam-tam (n.) A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; -- called also tom-tom.
Drum :: Drum (n.) A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum, for warming an apartment by means of heat received from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam, etc..
Quadrumanous :: Quadrumanous (a.) Having four hands; of or pertaining to the Quadrumana.
Reveille :: Reveille (n.) The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging..
Ape :: Ape (n.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes..
Drum :: Drum (v. i.) To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for..
Bang :: Bang (v. t.) To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it..
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