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Synonyms for drum
drʌmdrum
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Princeton's WordNet
drum, membranophone, tympannoun
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
Synonyms:
brake drum, tympan, membranophone, drumfish, barrel, metal drumdrumnoun
the sound of a drum
"he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"
Synonyms:
brake drum, tympan, membranophone, drumfish, barrel, metal drumbarrel, drumnoun
a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
Synonyms:
membranophone, bbl, brake drum, metal drum, drumfish, cask, gun barrel, tympan, barrelful, barreldrum, metal drumnoun
a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
Synonyms:
brake drum, tympan, membranophone, drumfish, barrel, metal drumbrake drum, drumnoun
a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
Synonyms:
drumfish, tympan, membranophone, metal drum, barrel, brake drumdrum, drumfishverb
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, drumfish, barrel, metal drumdrum, beat, thrumverb
make a rhythmic sound
"Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
Synonyms:
baffle, exhaust, stupefy, circumvent, stick, strum, crush, vanquish, get, bone up, mystify, outfox, flummox, beat, outwit, hum, tick, nonplus, trounce, grind away, 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, shelldrumverb
play a percussion instrument
Synonyms:
grind away, cram, thrum, mug up, swot up, get up, bone up, bone, beat, swotcram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, boneverb
study intensively, as before an exam
"I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final 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, 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
Editors Contribution
harlem
a circular instrument.
"i can't play the drum, only the guitar!"
Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
drumnoun
Synonyms:
(Anat.) tympanum
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
drum
Synonyms:
Tympanic membrane, membrana tympanica [NA6], eardrum§
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#77 | get | |
#2703 | rise | |
#2851 | beat | |
#3213 | ram | |
#3387 | stick | |
#3551 | raise | |
#3552 | prepare | |
#3616 | shell | |
#4053 | bone | |
#4499 | lift | |
#4785 | puzzle | |
#4807 | drum | |
#4910 | pound | |
#5259 | jam | |
#6951 | drums | |
#7087 | arise | |
#7393 | exhaust | |
#7411 | organize | |
#8375 | barrel | |
#9747 | pose | |
#10852 | tick | |
#11033 | tucker | |
#12398 | crush | |
#13072 | gravel | |
#13658 | hum | |
#14613 | flap | |
#14647 | drummer | |
#16660 | organise | |
#19709 | bunk | |
#20641 | attire | |
#22251 | devise | |
#24832 | scramble | |
#27084 | drumming | |
#27607 | cram | |
#29876 | elevate | |
#30103 | amaze | |
#33785 | bbl | |
#33891 | circumvent | |
#34324 | keg | |
#36659 | wad | |
#37689 | drummers | |
#40245 | cask | |
#41205 | baffle | |
#41588 | thump | |
#43658 | quiver | |
#44923 | swot | |
#54523 | vex | |
#57646 | vanquish | |
#64091 | strum | |
#77925 | outwit | |
#94911 | outsmart | |
#95211 | perplex | |
#96168 | tambor | |
#107725 | capstan | |
#112496 | mystify | |
#144808 | trounce | |
#158476 | overreach | |
#177091 | pulsate | |
#207890 | uprise | |
#211488 | thrum | |
#224053 | bewilder | |
#231038 | kwu | |
#273151 | jampack |
How to use drum in a sentence?
It adds to the steady drum-beat of solid indicators that suggest the economy is getting off to a much better start in the second half of the year and further increases the odds toward a September rate hike by the Fed.
Oh, the brave Music of a distant drum!
I saw a guy up on a little small stage over in the corner, with just him and a guitar. And I think he had, like, a little drum machine. And that was it. And I sat and watched this guy, and he was pretty good. I sat and watched him for about two hours. And I thought to myself the whole time, I could do that job. I could do that. I could do that. I could do that as good as he can, maybe even better.
We need gun trafficking multi-jurisdictional strike forces to disrupt the flow of illegal guns that are coming into our city, i and other mayors across the country have been beating this drum since day 1 of President Joe Biden for assistance presidency. ... My expectation is that those strike forces will be at work here shortly.
It’s scary. my entire drum kit was stolen. My bike was stolen. My son’s wagon. Two of our guitar amps.
Translations for drum
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- dromAfrikaans
- tamborAragonese
- طَبَلَ, طبلةArabic
- барабанBashkir
- барабанBelarusian
- тъпан, барабан, варел, бия барабан, набивам, барабаняBulgarian
- taboulinBreton
- tambor, barril, tamborinejarCatalan, Valencian
- buben, barel, bubnovatCzech
- tønde, tromle, tromme, bankeDanish
- Trommel, Fass, trommeln, einbläuen, einpaukenGerman
- ʋu, ƒo ʋuEwe
- τύμπανο, βαρέλι, τυμπανίζωGreek
- tambor, bidón, cilindro, barril, inculcar, recalcar, tamborearSpanish
- danborBasque
- طبل, تمبکPersian
- pönttö, tynnyri, rumpu, rummuttaa, takoa, paukuttaaFinnish
- tonneau, tambour, bidon, batterie, baril, cylindreFrench
- trommeWestern Frisian
- tamborGalician
- תוף, לתופףHebrew
- droumHaitian Creole
- dob, hordó, henger, belesulykol, dobolHungarian
- տակառ, թմբուկ, թմբկահարելArmenian
- tromla, tromma, berjaIcelandic
- batteria, bidoneItalian
- ドラム, 太鼓Japanese
- დოლიGeorgian
- تهپڵ, دهوڵKurdish
- TrommLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- būgnasLithuanian
- bungasLatvian
- taramuMāori
- валјак, тапан, барабан, буре, удира на тапан, чукаMacedonian
- бөмбөрMongolian
- gendang, bergendangMalay
- trommeNorwegian
- trom, vat, drum, trommelDutch
- trommeNorwegian Nynorsk
- ଢାପOriya
- beczka, bęben, bębnićPolish
- tambor, barril, batucarPortuguese
- tobăRomanian
- барабан, бочка, барабанить, вдалбливать, [[бить]] [[в]] [[барабан]]Russian
- bubanj, бубањ, doboš, добош, ваљак, bačva, бачва, bure, буре, valjak, бубњати, куцати, kucati, bubnjatiSerbo-Croatian
- bubonSlovak
- boben, bobnatiSlovene
- ngomaShona
- durbaanSomali
- sí-gúbhuSouthern Sotho
- trummaSwedish
- ngomaSwahili
- deprekTurkmen
- tambolTagalog
- барабанUkrainian
- do'mbraUzbek
- trốngVietnamese
- cilinde, tabeurWalloon
- פּויקYiddish
- isigubhuZulu
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