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Definitions of: drumDefinition: An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band.Definition: Anything resembling a drum in form Definition: A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum, for warming an apartment by means of heat received from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam, etc. Definition: A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are packed. Definition: The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane. Definition: One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal in plan, carrying a cupola or dome. Definition: A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound. Definition: See Drumfish. Definition: A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a private house; a rout. Definition: A tea party; a kettledrum. Definition: To execute on a drum, as a tune. Definition: (With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum; as, to drum out a deserter or rogue from a camp, etc. Definition: (With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up recruits; to drum up customers. |
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