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Synonyms for drum
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  1. 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 drum

  2. drumnoun

    the sound of a drum

    "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"

    Synonyms:
    brake drum, tympan, membranophone, drumfish, barrel, metal drum

  3. barrel, drumnoun

    a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

    Synonyms:
    membranophone, bbl, brake drum, metal drum, drumfish, cask, gun barrel, tympan, barrelful, barrel

  4. drum, metal drumnoun

    a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids

    Synonyms:
    brake drum, tympan, membranophone, drumfish, barrel, metal drum

  5. brake 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 drum

  6. drum, 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 drum

  7. drum, 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, shell

  8. drumverb

    play a percussion instrument

    Synonyms:
    grind away, cram, thrum, mug up, swot up, get up, bone up, bone, beat, swot

  9. cram, 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 Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. harlem

    a circular instrument.

    "i can't play the drum, only the guitar!"

    Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. drumnoun

    Synonyms:
    (Anat.) tympanum

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  1. drumnoun

    Synonyms:
    snare-drum, base-drum, kettle-drum, tabor, taborine

    Associated words:
    reveille, rappel, chamade, ruff, tattoo, ruffle, roll, rataplan, drummer, drumhead, drumstick

  2. drumverb

    Synonyms:
    thrum, strum

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "drum":

    tambor, drums, drummer, drumming, kwu, drummers, capstan, keg, barrel

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. drum

    Synonyms:
    Tympanic membrane, membrana tympanica [NA6], eardrum§

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How to use drum in a sentence?

  1. Alicia Norris:

    Now the team wants to backtrack and say we are being culturally appropriate and we are being respectful of indigenous people by saying no headdresses, and that is a good start, but the fans are still operating as if it is an indigenous-type atmosphere because you are still called the Chiefs. And you can still do this movement that looks like a tomahawk chop, but we are going to call it a drum beat instead. It is kind of silly. Just change it.

  2. Manolo Caceres:

    Russia is a phenomenal country, even though they haven't allowed me to take me drum with me into stadiums, if they allow me to take it in on Sunday, my time here will be even better.

  3. Manolo Caceres:

    The fact that people recognize me and show me love is what keeps me going, no-one used to follow the national team. The people said this guy with the drum is nuts, but I just wanted to support Spain and to represent my country.

  4. Adam Smith:

    What we can do is try to shine a light on it, to make the case that this is a bad idea, drum up public pressure so the president will stop doing these things.

  5. Joe Biden:

    Trump is using this because he knows I'll beat him like a drum and is using the abuse of power and every element of the presidency to try to do something to smear me.


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