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noun
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any hollow tree or similar object or device used in this way.
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the sound produced by such an instrument, object, or device.
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any rumbling or deep booming sound.
5.
EXPANDa natural organ by which an animal produces a loud or bass sound.
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any cylindrical object with flat ends.
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a cylindrical part of a machine.
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a cylindrical box or receptacle, especially a large, metal one for storing or transporting liquids.
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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.
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any of several marine and freshwater fishes of the family Sciaenidae that produce a drumming sound.
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Archaic. an assembly of fashionable people at a private house in the evening.
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a person who plays the drum.
15.
COLLAPSEAustralian Informal. reliable, confidential, or profitable information: to give someone the drum.
verb (used without object)
16.
to beat or play a drum.
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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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Drum out
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
verb (used with object)
Verb phrases20.
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.
Idiomdrum 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.
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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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| drum out | |
| —vb (usually foll by of) | |
| a. to expel from a club, association, etc | |
| b. (formerly) to dismiss from military service to the beat of a drum | |
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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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Idioms & Phrases
drum out
Expel or dismiss publicly and in disgrace, as in They drummed him out of the club. This usage, which alludes to dismissal from a military service to the beat of a drum, began to be applied to civilian expulsions in the mid-1700s.
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