drum
1. drum \'dr*m\ n [prob. fr. D trom; akin to MHG trumme drum] often attrib
1: a musical percussion instrument usu. consisting of a hollow cylinder wit
h a skin head stretched over each end that is beaten with a stick or pair
of sticks in playing; broadly : a nonmetallic hollow instrument or device
beaten to produce a deep-toned rumbling or booming sound 2: TYMPANIC
MEMBRANE 3: the sound of a drum; also : any similar sound 4: something
resembling a drum in shape : as 4a: a cylindrical machine or mechanical
device or part 4b: a cylindrical container; specif : a metal container for
liquids having a capacity between 12 and 110 gallons 4c: a disk-shaped
magazine for an automatic weapon 5: any of various percoid fishes (family
Sciaenidae) that make a drumming n oise
2. drum vb or drummed; or drum.ming 1: to beat a drum 2: to make a
succession of strokes or vibrations that produce sounds like drumbeats 3:
to sound rhythmically 4: to stir up interest : SOLICIT 1: to summon or
enlist by or as if by beating a drum 2: to dismiss ignominiously : EXPEL -
usu. used with out 3: to drive or force by steady effort or reiteration
4a: to strike or tap repeatedly 4b: to produce (rhythmic sounds) by such
action
3. drum n [ScGael druim back, ridge, fr. OIr druimm] chiefly Scot 1: a
long narrow hill or ridge 2: DRUMLIN