drum

Meanings

• a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
• the sound of a drum
  • "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"
• a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
• a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
• a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
• small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
• make a rhythmic sound
  • "Rain drummed against the windshield"
  • "The drums beat all night"
• play a percussion instrument
• study intensively, as before an exam

Synonyms

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