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noun

ˈdrəm How to pronounce drum (audio)
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as in barrel
a metal container in the shape of a cylinder an oil drum

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verb

as in to tap
to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically absentmindedly drumming his fingers on the table

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Noun
The broiling drums will always urge us onwards, and Blanche will always be caught somewhere in the half-light, trapped in a different dance under a paper moon. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025 The 77-year-old began to breathe heavily and sat in front of the drums to recover. — Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025
Verb
For the Ryman show, that bit of merrymaking fell to Crow, Larkin Poe and Tuttle as Starr sang and drummed. — Nancy Kruh, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025 But Franz switch it up here, with Alex Kapranos and Bob Hardy from the original quartet, expanded with keyboardist Julian Corrie, guitarist Dino Bardot, and drum whiz Audrey Tait. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drum
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drum
  1. barrel
  2. tap
  3. tin
  4. bang
Noun
  • Still, those current production levels have been achieved during a period when domestic U.S. oil prices have hovered in the range of $70 per barrel or higher.
    — David Blackmon, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Style them with a swimsuit, linen pants, or barrel jeans for a carefree, just-threw-this-on look.
    — Nina Derwin, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2025
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Verb
  • For Midas, the band tapped Grammy-winning producer Craig Silvey (whose credits include mixing Portishead’s Third and the National’s Trouble Will Find Me).
    — Leah Lu, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
  • In the past, Zauner had solely tapped people who had self-produced their own work or their friends’ bands for her albums.
    — Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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  • Renovated in 2010, the building’s ground floor contains 2,100 square feet of retail space with tin ceilings and massive display windows to showcase your specialty-coffee selection or organic apples.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Whisk six eggs, 1 cup broccoli, one-fourth cup feta cheese, and your spices of choice, then bake in a muffin tin until the eggs are cooked through.
    — Devineé Lingo, M.S., Health, 11 Mar. 2025
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Verb
  • This leads to a variety of acoustic challenges: wind or traffic noise, transactions with shopkeepers, dishes banging, etc.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
  • In the opening minutes of the president’s remarks, Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) interrupted loudly, which prompted the Speaker to bang his gavel in warning before ordering security to escort the lawmaker, clutching a cane, out of the chamber.
    — Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 5 Mar. 2025
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