Unscramble drum

Definition of drum

noun:

• a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end. Synonyms: membranophone, tympan.
• the sound of a drum; "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes".
• a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends. Synonyms: barrel.
• a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids. Synonyms: metal drum.
• a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes. Synonyms: brake drum.
• small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise. Synonyms: drumfish.

verb:

• make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield", "The drums beat all night". Synonyms: beat, thrum.
• play a percussion instrument.
• study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam". Synonyms: bone, bone up, cram, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up.

Related words

bongo, mademoiselle, redfish, snare, tabor, tabour, tambour, tambourine, timbrel.

Words nearby

arum, dram, drub, drug, durum, rum.

Rhymes with

alum, become, breadcrumb, bum, chum, come, crumb, cum, dumb, glum, gum, hum, mum, numb, plum, plumb, rum, scum, slum, some.