1. (noun) drum, membranophone, tympan
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
Synonyms: brake drum, tympan, membranophone, drum, drumfish, barrel, metal drum
2. (noun) drum
the sound of a drum
Synonyms: brake drum, tympan, membranophone, drumfish, barrel, metal drum
3. (noun) barrel, drum
a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
Synonyms: membranophone, bbl, brake drum, metal drum, drumfish, cask, gun barrel, drum, tympan, barrelful, barrel
4. (noun) drum, metal drum
a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
Synonyms: brake drum, tympan, membranophone, drum, drumfish, barrel, metal drum
5. (noun) brake drum, drum
a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
Synonyms: drumfish, tympan, membranophone, drum, metal drum, barrel, brake drum
6. (verb) drum, drumfish
small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
Synonyms: brake drum, tympan, membranophone, drum, drumfish, barrel, metal drum
7. (verb) drum, beat, thrum
make a rhythmic sound
Synonyms: baffle, exhaust, stupefy, circumvent, stick, strum, crush, vanquish, get, bone up, mystify, outfox, flummox, beat, outwit, hum, tick, nonplus, trounce, grind away, drum, beat up, bunk, swot up, tucker out, flap, mug up, beat out, dumbfound, gravel, swot, thump, ticktack, amaze, thrum, work over, overreach, ticktock, puzzle, quiver, get up, pound, bone, pulsate, cram, bewilder, perplex, tucker, vex, wash up, outsmart, pose, scramble, shell
8. (verb) drum
play a percussion instrument
Synonyms: grind away, cram, thrum, mug up, swot up, get up, bone up, bone, beat, swot
9. (verb) cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone
study intensively, as before an exam
Synonyms: prink, rise, prepare, stand up, bone up, ram, fancy up, deck out, elevate, uprise, jam, trick up, rig out, tog up, grind away, lift, deck up, drum, arise, swot up, gussy up, mug up, attire, dress up, swot, tog out, organise, beat, thrum, chock up, wad, raise, work up, trick out, get up, bone, turn out, cram, bring up, devise, fig out, organize, jampack, overdress, debone, machinate, fig up
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