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- Dictionarydrum/drʌm/
noun
- 1. a percussion instrument sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands, typically cylindrical, barrel-shaped, or bowl-shaped, with a taut membrane over one or both ends: "a shuffling dance to the beat of a drum"
- 2. a cylindrical container or receptacle: "a drum of powdered bleach" Similar
verb
- 1. play on a drum or drums: "he channelled his energies into drumming with local groups"
- 2. give (someone) reliable information or a warning: informal, dated Australian, New Zealand "I'm drumming you, if they come I'm going"
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DRUM definition: 1. a musical instrument, especially one made from a skin stretched over the end of a hollow tube or…. Learn more.
The meaning of DRUM is a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow shell or cylinder with a drumhead stretched over one or both ends that is beaten with the hands or with some implement (such as a stick or wire brush). How to use drum in a sentence.
a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
Drums may be played individually, with the player using a single drum, and some drums such as the djembe are almost always played in this way. Others are normally played in a set of two or more, all played by one player, such as bongo drums and timpani .
A drum is a musical instrument consisting of a skin stretched tightly over a round frame. You play a drum by beating it with sticks or with your hands.
Basically, a drum is either a tube or a bowl of wood, metal, or pottery (the “shell”) covered at one or both ends by a membrane (the “head”), which is usually struck by a hand or stick. Friction drums, a class apart, are sounded by rubbing.
drum. (drŭm) n. pl. drums. 1. a. A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere with a membrane stretched tightly over one or both ends, played by beating with the hands or sticks. b. A sound produced by this instrument. 2.
a musical instrument made of a hollow round frame with plastic or skin stretched tightly across one or both ends. You play it by hitting it with sticks or with your hands. to play the drum. I used to play drums in a band. on drums Tony Cox on drums. a slow drum beat. There was a great crash and then a long roll of drums.
drum. verb [ I, T ] uk / drʌm / us present participle drumming | past tense and past participle drummed. to hit something several times and make a sound like a drum, or to make something do this: I listened to the rain drumming on the roof. She drummed her fingers nervously on the desk.
[count] : a musical instrument that is made with a thin layer of skin or plastic stretched over the end of a round frame and that is played by hitting the skin or plastic with sticks or with your hands. a child beating on a drum. We heard the rhythmic beating of drums. She plays the drums.
