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1a 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. a bass drum Tony Hill on drums to play the drums a regular drum beat There was a great crash and then a long roll of drums.
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- 2a large container for oil or chemicals, shaped like a cylinder a 50 gallon drum an oil drum
- 3a thing shaped like a drum, especially part of a machine The mixture flows to a revolving drum where the water is filtered out. Idioms
to speak with enthusiasm in support of someone or something She's really banging the drum for the new system.
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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