Meaning

5 senses
  1. One who plays the drums.

    Kate is the lead guitarist, Luna is the drummer, and Izzy is the bass guitarist.

    Schlagzeuger, Schlagzeugerin, Trommler

    бараба́нщикbarabánščik, бараба́нщицаbarabánščica, коробе́йникkorobéjnik

    бараба́нщикbarabánščyk, бараба́нщицяbarabánščycja

    someone who plays a drum

  2. A drumstick (the lower part of a chicken or turkey leg).

  3. Any of various fish of the family Kyphosidae, which make a drumming sound.

  4. (UK, slang)A housebreaker.

  5. (dated, slang)A travelling salesman.

Examples

142 sentences
  1. Tom is a very talented drummer.

    Том — дуже талановитий барабанщик. — deniko

  2. How many drummers do you know?

    Скількох барабанщиків ти знаєш? — deniko

  3. Tom is a talented drummer, isn't he?

    Том талановитий барабанщик, так? — deniko

  4. Tom is a drummer, just like his father.

    Том барабанщик, так само як і його батько. — deniko

    deTom ist Schlagzeuger, genau wie sein Vater. — mks

  5. You're a very good drummer.

    Ти дуже добрий барабанщик. — deniko

    ruТы очень хороший барабанщик. — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who plays the drums:
Русский
By meaning 2
one who plays the drums:
traveling salesman:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who plays the drums:

Origin

From drum + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix).

From drum + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix).

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Forms

plural: drummers
Singulardrummer
Pluraldrummers

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
salesman:hawkerpeddler

Word family

15 related words

Collocations

10 patterns
  • better drummer than
  • better better drummer
  • good drummer
  • a good drummer
  • better drummer
  • is a drummer
  • very good drummer
  • fairly good drummer
  • best best drummer
  • best drummer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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