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noun
1.
2.
any hollow tree or similar object or device used in this way.
3.
the sound produced by such an instrument, object, or device.
4.
any rumbling or deep booming sound.
5.
a natural organ by which an animal produces a loud or bass sound.
6.
7.
any cylindrical object with flat ends.
8.
a cylindrical part of a machine.
9.
a cylindrical box or receptacle, especially a large, metal one for storing or transporting liquids.
10.
Also called tambour. Architecture.
a.
any of several cylindrical or nearly cylindrical stones laid one above the other to form a column or pier.
b.
a cylindrical or faceted construction supporting a dome.
11.
any of several marine and freshwater fishes of the family Sciaenidae that produce a drumming sound.
12.
13.
Archaic. an assembly of fashionable people at a private house in the evening.
14.
a person who plays the drum.
15.
Australian Informal. reliable, confidential, or profitable information: to give someone the drum.
verb (used without object)
16.
to beat or play a drum.
17.
to beat on anything rhythmically, especially to tap one's fingers rhythmically on a hard surface.
18.
to make a sound like that of a drum; resound.
19.
(of ruffed grouse and other birds) to produce a sound resembling drumming.
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verb (used with object)
Verb phrases 20.
to beat (a drum) rhythmically; perform by beating a drum: to drum a rhythm for dancers.
21.
to call or summon by, or as if by, beating a drum.
22.
to drive or force by persistent repetition: to drum an idea into someone.
23.
to fill a drum with; store in a drum: to drum contaminated water and dispose of it.
24.
drum out,
a.
(formerly) to expel or dismiss from a military service in disgrace to the beat of a drum.
b.
to dismiss in disgrace: He was drummed out of the university for his gambling activities.
25.
Idioms drum up,
a.
to call or summon by, or as if by, beating a drum.
b.
to obtain or create (customers, trade, interest, etc.) through vigorous effort: They were unable to drum up enthusiasm for the new policies.
c.
to concoct; devise: to drum up new methods of dealing with urban crime.
26.
beat the drum, to promote, publicize, or advertise: The boss is out beating the drum for a new product.
Origin:
1535–45; back formation from drumslade drum, drummer, alteration of Dutch or Low German trommelslag drumbeat, equivalent to trommel drum + slag beat (akin to slagen to beat; cognate with slay)
1535–45; back formation from drumslade drum, drummer, alteration of Dutch or Low German trommelslag drumbeat, equivalent to trommel drum + slag beat (akin to slagen to beat; cognate with slay)
Related forms
un·der·drum·ming, noun
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drum1 (drʌm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | music a percussion instrument sounded by striking a membrane stretched across the opening of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere |
| 2. | informal beat the drum for to attempt to arouse interest in |
| 3. | the sound produced by a drum or any similar sound |
| 4. | an object that resembles a drum in shape, such as a large spool or a cylindrical container |
| 5. | architect |
| a. one of a number of cylindrical blocks of stone used to construct the shaft of a column | |
| b. the wall or structure supporting a dome or cupola | |
| 6. | short for eardrum |
| 7. | Also called: drumfish any of various North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fishes, such as Equetus pulcher (striped drum), that utter a drumming sound |
| 8. | a type of hollow rotor for steam turbines or axial compressors |
| 9. | computing See disk a rotating cylindrical device on which data may be stored for later retrieval: now mostly superseded by disks |
| 10. | archaic a drummer |
| 11. | informal (Austral) the drum the necessary information (esp in the phrase give (someone) the drum) |
| —vb (sometimes foll by up) , drums, drumming, drummed | |
| 12. | to play (music) on or as if on a drum |
| 13. | to beat or tap (the fingers) rhythmically or regularly |
| 14. | (intr) (of birds) to produce a rhythmic sound, as by beating the bill against a tree, branch, etc |
| 15. | to summon or call by drumming |
| 16. | (tr) to instil by constant repetition: to drum an idea into someone's head |
| [C16: probably from Middle Dutch tromme, of imitative origin] | |
| drum2 (drʌm) | |
| —n | |
| (Scot), (Irish) a narrow ridge or hill | |
| [C18: from Scottish Gaelic druim] | |
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Word Origin & History
drum
early 15c., from M.Du. tromme "drum," probably of imitative origin. Not common before 1570s. To drum up (business, etc.) is Amer.Eng. 1839, from the old way of drawing a crowd.
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Medical Dictionary
drum (drŭm)
n.
See eardrum.
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Slang Dictionary
drum
adj, n. Ancient techspeak term referring to slow, cylindrical magnetic media that were once state-of-the-art storage devices. Under BSD Unix the disk partition used for swapping is still called `/dev/drum'; this has led to considerable humor and not a few straight-faced but utterly bogus `explanations' getting foisted on newbies. See also "The Story of Mel" in Appendix A.
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drum definition
Ancient slow, cylindrical magnetic media that were once state-of-the-art storage devices. Under BSD Unix the disk partition used for swapping is still called "/dev/drum"; this has led to considerable humour and not a few straight-faced but utterly bogus "explanations" getting foisted on newbies.
See also "The Story of Mel".
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Example sentences
IN the old wars drum of hoofs and the beat of shod feet.
If their team is off to a fast start, the drum beat is loud.
They will continue to beat this drum, have no doubt.
It also had a drum sound that would beat each time the total population increased by some amount.
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