drum

(n) a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end membranophone, tympan,
(n) the sound of a drum
- he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes
(n) a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends barrel,
(n) a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids metal drum,
(n) a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes brake drum,
(n) small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise drumfish,

(v) make a rhythmic sound
- Rain drummed against the windshield
- The drums beat all night
thrum, beat,
(v) play a percussion instrument
(v) study intensively, as before an exam
- I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
bone, bone up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up, cram, get up,

membranophone tympan thrum beat bone bone up grind away mug up swot swot up cram get up barrel metal drum brake drum drumfish

drub drug

dry

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