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Defenition of the word drum

    • Defenition of the word drum

      • To study intensively, as before an exam.
      • A percussion instrument consisting of at least one membrane that is stretched over a shell and struck directly with the player's hands or with a drumstick.
      • To produce sound with a drum.
      • a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
      • a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
      • study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
      • the sound of a drum; "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"
      • play the drums
      • make a rhythmic sound: "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
      • small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
      • a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretch across each end
      • a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
      • play a percussion instrument
      • make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
      • a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
      • the sound of a drum
      • study intensively, as before an exam
      • make a rhythmic sound

    Synonyms for the word drum

      • barrel
      • beat
      • bone
      • bone up
      • brake drum
      • cram
      • drumfish
      • get up
      • grind away
      • membranophone
      • metal drum
      • mug up
      • swot
      • swot up
      • thrum
      • tympan

    Meronymys for the word drum

      • drum brake
      • drum brakes
      • drumhead
      • head

    Hyponyms for the word drum

      • Bairdiella chrysoura
      • bass drum
      • bongo
      • bongo drum
      • channel bass
      • Equetus lanceolatus
      • Equetus pulcher
      • gran casa
      • jackknife-fish
      • mademoiselle
      • red drum
      • redfish
      • Sciaenops ocellatus
      • side drum
      • silver perch
      • snare
      • snare drum
      • striped drum
      • tabor
      • tabour
      • tambour
      • tambourine
      • tenor drum
      • timbrel
      • tom-tom

    Hypernyms for the word drum

      • cylinder
      • go
      • hit the books
      • percussion instrument
      • percussive instrument
      • play
      • play on
      • sciaenid
      • sciaenid fish
      • sound
      • study
      • surname
      • vessel

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