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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
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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?
He could n’t fit in the drum body first, feet first. They had to turn him and put him in head first.
Anthrax is a zoonotic disease with human cases often tied to animal exposure. For example, multiple cases have occurred at African drumming events when individuals were exposed to animal drum skins that contained anthrax spores, because of the risk of spillover into humans, it is crucial to monitor animal anthrax outbreaks and delimit the exposure of humans while promptly administering post-exposure antibiotics to those exposed. It is also important to emphasize Anthrax is a major biowarfare threat and being prepared for outbreaks of animal origin directly enhances abilities to respond to a potential bioattack using anthrax.
We didn't want Aerodrums to be a fad. We didn't want it to be the gadget of the year and then it's forgotten, we wanted it to be a proper musical instrument that is introducing air drumming as a legitimate way to drum and keeps going, keeps improving until it's fine to air drum live, it's fine to record using air drums because it's a real musical instrument.
O, now, for ever Farewell the tranquil mind farewell content Farewell the plumed troop and the big wars That make ambition virtue O, farewell Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner, and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war And, O you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell Othello's occupation's gone
Some foreign countries see our nation as an enormous market, and we have investigated a series of cases, a fair number of neighbouring countries have casinos, and they have set up offices in China to attract and drum up interest from Chinese citizens to go abroad and gamble. This will also be an area that we will crack down on.
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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