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How to pronounce drum in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms barrel
Type of cylinder
Type Words
Synonyms brake drum
Type of cylinder
Type Words
Synonyms beat, thrum
Type of sound, go
Verb group beat
Derivation drummer


Rain drummed against the windshield.
The drums beat all night.
Type Words
Synonyms drumfish
Type of sciaenid, sciaenid fish
Has types equetus pulcher, channel bass, equetus lanceolatus, bairdiella chrysoura, jackknife-fish, mademoiselle, red drum, redfish, sciaenops ocellatus, silver perch, striped drum
Type Words
Synonyms bone, bone up, cram, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up
Type of hit the books, study
Verb group cram
Type Words
Synonyms metal drum
Type of vessel
Type Words
Synonyms membranophone, tympan
Type of percussive instrument, percussion instrument
Has types tom-tom, gran casa, bass drum, bongo drum, tabour, tambour, tambourine, tenor drum, timbrel, side drum, bongo, snare, snare drum, tabor
Type Words
Type of play
Derivation drummer, drumming
Type Words
Type of sound


he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes.

Examples of drum

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Being a drum major you have to pep up your band and the same thing with bowling.
From the orlandosentinel.com
This article is so naive and a rather desperate way to try and drum up business.
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I put my tray down on this 55-gallon drum and my hot coffee froze in my tin cup.
From the omaha.com
Waxing plays kick drum with his feet while his fingers work a guitar or a banjo.
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Black drum, blues, pompano, Spanish mackerel, spots, trout and whiting at piers.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The strategy aims to drum up as many people as possible and draw more attention.
From the charlotteobserver.com
He rails at Sein Beda for tuning a recalcitrant drum in the middle of a concert.
From the theatlantic.com
He is behind in the polls and looking for ways to drum up support in the region.
From the washingtonpost.com
Good catches of puppy drum and flounder are being reported in the Rodanthe area.
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  • A musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
  • Make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
  • Play a percussion instrument
  • The sound of a drum; "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"
  • Barrel: a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
  • Cram: study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
  • The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, technically classified as the membranous. ...
  • The Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM) was an organization of African-American workers formed in May 1968 in the Chrysler Corporation's Hamtramck Assembly plant, formerly Dodge Main, Detroit, Michigan.
  • Drum is the 1976 sequel to the movie Mandingo, and released by United Artists. Starring Warren Oates, Pam Grier, and Ken Norton and directed by Steve Carver, it parodies nineteenth century American slavery like its predecessor. ...