drum
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
1535, back-formation from drumslade (“drummer”), from Middle Dutch trommelslach (“drumbeat”), from trommel (“drum”) + slach (“beat”) (Dutch slag).
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.
Noun
drum (plural drums)
- 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; a membranophone.
- Hypernym: percussion instrument
- Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
- Replace the drum unit of your printer.
- A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
- The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums.
- (obsolete or historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 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.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 631:
- (architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
- (architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
- A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
- (slang, UK) A person's home.
- (Australia slang) A tip; a piece of information.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, page 258:
- ‘he is the darndest little speaker we got, so better sit there and listen to him while he gives you the drum and if you clean out your earholes you might get a bit of sense into your heads.’
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, page 258:
Derived terms
- bang the drum
- barrel drum
- bass drum
- beat the drum
- chalice drum
- cocktail drum
- conical drum
- double-conical drum
- dram major
- drum and bass
- drumbeat
- drum brake
- drumfire
- drumfish
- drumhead
- drum kit
- drum machine
- drum majorette
- drummist
- drummy
- drum roll
- drumstick
- eardrum
- footed drum
- frame drum
- friction drum
- goblet drum
- hand drum
- hourglass drum
- kettledrum
- long drum
- pellet drum
- side drum
- slit drum
- snare drum
- steel drum
- talking drum
- tenor drum
- tight as a drum
- tubular drum
- waisted drum
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Verb
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- (intransitive) To beat a drum.
- (transitive, intransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
- The ruffed grouse drums with his wings.
- (Can we date this quote by Washington Irving and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair
- (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
- He’s still trying to drum Spanish verb conjugations into my head.
- To throb, as the heart.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
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Etymology 2
Noun
drum (plural drums)
Usage notes
- Mainly encountered in place names, such as Drumglass and Drumsheugh.
References
- “drum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road, track”). Compare Romanian drum.
Noun
drum n (plural drumuri)
Synonyms
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Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
drum m (plural drums, diminutive drummetje n)
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German
Pronunciation
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Adverb
drum
- Contraction of darum.
Further reading
- “drum” in Duden online
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road, track”).
Noun
drum n (plural drumuri)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) drum | drumul | (niște) drumuri | drumurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) drum | drumului | (unor) drumuri | drumurilor |
vocative | drumule | drumurilor |
Related terms
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References
Language in Danger Andrew Dalby, 2003
References
- drum in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road, track”).
Noun
drȕm m (Cyrillic spelling дру̏м)
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