- a musical instrument made of a hollow round frame with plastic or skin stretched tightly across one or both ends. You play it by hitting it with sticks or with your hands.
- to play the drum
- I used to play drums in a band.
- on drums Tony Cox on drums
- a slow drum beat
- There was a great crash and then a long roll of drums.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bass
- bongo
- electronic
- …
- bang
- beat
- hit
- …
- kit
- set
- stick
- …
- a roll of drums
- a large container for oil or chemicals that is like a cylinder in shape
- a 50 gallon drum
- an oil drum
- Hazardous waste is stored in drums until it can be disposed of.
- a thing that is like a drum in shape, especially part of a machine
- The mixture flows to a revolving drum where the water is filtered out.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Middle Dutch or Low German tromme, of imitative origin.
Idioms
See drum in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee drum in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbeat/bang the drum (for somebody/something)
- (especially British English) to speak with enthusiasm in support of somebody/something
- She’s really banging the drum for the new system.
march to (the beat of) a different drummer/drum | march to a different beat/tune
- to behave in a different way from other people; to have different attitudes or ideas
- She was a gifted and original artist who marched to a different drummer.
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