drum
A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for…A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
» Tom can play the drums well.
Том добре грає на барабанах.
Meaning
13 sensesA percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
He's playing the piano and she's playing the drums!
Trommel
бараба́нbarabán, бу́бенbúben
бараба́нbarabán
Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
Replace the drum unit of your printer.
Trommel
бараба́нbarabán
a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums.
Fass
бо́чкаbóčka
a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids
(US)Synonym of construction barrel.
The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
(Australia, slang)A tip; a piece of information.
(historical)A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
Another misfortune which befel poor Sophia, was the company of Lord Fellamar, whom she met at the opera, and who attended her to the drum.
(UK, slang)A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel.
(informal)A drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc).
(obsolete, slang)The ear.
Examples
235 sentencesTom can play the drums well.
Том добре грає на барабанах.
Does Tom actually play the drums?
Том насправді грає на барабанах?
Tom drummed his fingers on the table.
Том барабанив пальцями по столу.
ruТом побарабанил пальцами по столу.
Tom can play the drums quite well.
Том досить непогано грає на барабані.
I love the way Tom plays the drums.
Мені дуже подобається, як Том грає на барабанах.
Translations
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Origin
Perhaps back-formation from drumslade (“drummer”), from Middle Dutch trommelslach (“drumbePerhaps back-formation from drumslade (“drummer”), from Middle Dutch trommelslach (“drumbeat”), from trommel (“drum”) + slach (“beat”) (Dutch slag).
From Irish druim, Scottish Gaelic druim (“back, ridge”).
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Forms
plural: drumsSynonyms
8 synonyms- small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise:drumfish
- a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end:membranophonetympan
- a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids:metal drum
- a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes:brake drum
- a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends:barrel
Word family
90 related wordsCollocations
5 patterns- play the drums
- playing the drums
- play drums
- a drum set
- drum set