Drum
41drum — I. noun Etymology: probably from Dutch trom; akin to Middle High German trumme drum Date: 1539 1. 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… …
42drum — drum1 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 sound made by or resembling that of a drum. 2》 a… …
43drum — n 1. tambour, tympanum, tabor, taboret; kettledrum, bass drum, side drum, tom tom, snare drum, traps, tambourine, Oriental drum, war drum; Anat., Zool. tympanic membrane or eardrum. v 2. beat, tap, sound, thrum, resound; reiterate, drive home,… …
44drum — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bass, bongo, electronic, kettle (usually kettledrum), kick, side, snare, steel ▪ …
45drum — [16] Belying the total lack of similarity between the instruments, drum, trumpet, and trombone seem to be closely related. Drum appears to be a shortening of a slightly earlier English word drumslade ‘drum, drummer’, which was borrowed from Low… …
46drum — {{11}}drum (n.) 1540s, probably from M.Du. tromme drum, common Germanic (Cf. Ger. Trommel, Dan. tromme, Swed. trumma), probably of imitative origin. Not common before 1570s. Slightly older, and more common at first, was drumslade, apparently from …
47drum — 1. noun 1) the beat of a drum Syn: percussion instrument; bongo, tom tom, snare drum, kettledrum, bodhrán; historical tambour 2) the steady drum of raindrops Syn: beat, rhythm, patter, tap, pounding …
48drum — [16] Belying the total lack of similarity between the instruments, drum, trumpet, and trombone seem to be closely related. Drum appears to be a shortening of a slightly earlier English word drumslade ‘drum, drummer’, which was borrowed from Low… …
49drum — 1) a fixed net, similar to a fyke net (q.v.) except that there is only one funnel leading to the codend and there are usually two wings. The net is usually checked several times a day by pulling up the drum section of the trap and emptying the… …
50drum — drụm Adv; gespr ≈ darum || ID das (ganze) Drum und Dran; alles Drum und Dran gespr; alles, was dazugehört: Er hat eine eigene Wohnung mit allem Drum und Dran; meist was drum und dran ist / hängt gespr; alles, was mit einer Sache in Zusammenhang… …
