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drum

noun
  1. small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
    drumfish
  2. a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
    brake drum
  3. a musical percussion instrument
    membranophonetympan
  4. a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
    metal drum
  5. the sound of a drum
    “They could hear the drums before they heard the fifes.”
  6. a bulging cylindrical shape
    barrel
verb
  1. study intensively, as before an exam
    swotget upcramgrind awaybone upmug upswot up
  2. play a percussion instrument
  3. make a rhythmic sound
    “Rain drummed against the windshield”
    beat