drum

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[edit] English

A drum (instrument).
A scanning machine including a large drum (cylindrical object).

[edit] Etymology

1535, back-formation from drumslade "drummer" from Dutch or Low German trommelslag "drumbeat" from trommel "drum" from trom "drum" + slag "beat" from slagen "to beat".

Alternate etymology traces drum directly from Middle Dutch tromme "drum" or Middle Low German trumme "drum". Akin to Middle High German trumme, trumbe "drum", Old High German trumba "trumpet". More at trumpet.

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[edit] Noun

drum (plural drums)

  1. A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber, affecting what materials are used to make it.
  2. Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
  3. In particular, a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
    The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums.
  4. (obsolete or historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 631:
      Another misfortune which befel poor Sophia, was the company of Lord Fellamar, whom she met at the opera, and who attended her to the drum.
  5. (architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola
  6. (architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar

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instrument
hollow, cylindrical object
barrel etc. for liquid

[edit] Verb

drum (third-person singular simple present drums, present participle drumming, simple past and past participle drummed)

  1. (intransitive) (music) To beat a drum.
  2. (intransitive) To knock successively and playfully.
    Drumming one’s fingers on a table is often an expression of impatience or annoyance.
  3. (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
    He’s still trying to drum Spanish verb conjugations into my head.

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to beat a drum
to knock successively
to review to establish memorization

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drum m. (plural drums, ??? please provide the diminutive!)

  1. (music) drum

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drum (contraction of darum)

  1. thereabout
  2. therefore
  3. on that account, for that reason

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From Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road, track”)

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drum

  1. road

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declension of drum
singular plural
gender n. indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative un drum drumul niște drumuri drumurile
genitive/dative unui drum drumului unor drumuri drumurilor

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Language in Danger Andrew Dalby, 2003

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road, track”).

[edit] Noun

drȕm m. (Cyrillic spelling дру̏м)

  1. road

[edit] Declension

    declension of drum
singular plural
nominative drȕm drùmovi
genitive drùma drùmōvā
dative drùmu drùmovima
accusative drȕm drùmove
vocative drȕme drùmovi
locative drùmu drùmovima
instrumental drùmom drùmovima
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