Drumname

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  A surname.

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  A settlement (Mains of Drum) in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, near Drum Castle (OS grid ref NO8099).

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  A mountain in Conwy borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH7069).

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  A village in County Monaghan, Ireland.

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  A civil parish and townland in County Roscommon, Ireland.

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  An unincorporated community in Bollinger County, Missouri, USA, named after the Drum family.

drumnoun詞源 1/ˈdɹʌm/

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  entertainmentlifestylemusicA percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.

  • He's playing the piano and she's playing the drums!
  • In the Province of Xenſi, near the City Vucung, is a Hill called Taipe, which if a Drum be beaten upon it, preſently followeth Thunder, Lightning, and ſtormy weather, inſomuch that the Magiſtrates have forbidden all perſons upon pain of death to beat any Drum there.
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  Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.

  • Replace the drum unit of your printer.
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  A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.

  • The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums.
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  Synonym of construction barrel.

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  architectureThe encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.

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  architectureAny of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.

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  A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).

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  slangA tip; a piece of information.

  • ‘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.’

drumverb詞源 1/ˈdɹʌm/

• 1

  To beat a drum.

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  To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.

  • The ruffed grouse drums with his wings.
  • drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair
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  To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.

  • He’s still trying to drum Spanish verb conjugations into my head.
  • Those long ago memories of gnawing sexuality clashing against drummed in prejudice.
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  To throb, as the heart.

  • Now, heart, […]thou shalt drum no more.
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  To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.

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  Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.

  • "There is the snipe drumming also. We shall have it fine!" he added, with an air of conviction.

drumnoun詞源 2/ˈdɹʌm/

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  archaicA small hill or ridge of hills.

drumnoun詞源 3/ˈdɹʌm/

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  historicalA social gathering or assembly held in the evening.

  • 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.
  • [H]e was engaged in a partie of cards, at a drum in the house of a certain lady of quality […].
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  slangA person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel.

drumnoun詞源 4/ˈdɹʌm/

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  informalA drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc).

  • Add, thinly sliced, 1/2 to 1 onion and 2 cloves of garlic also sliced, your choice of protein – chicken or turkey breast, or low fat beef, veal, lamb or pork, cut in pieces, or skinless chicken drums, and probably a little water. Then add 1/2 a cup of ...
  • In a large frying pan, add some canola oil and half of the chicken drums and brown them on both sides. Repeat the procedure until all drums are browned. Place them in a medium baking pan. To the browned chicken drums, add sliced onion, ...