drum
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Perhaps back-formation from drumslade (“drummer”), from Middle Dutch trommelslach (“drumbeat”), from trommel (“drum”) + slach (“beat”) (Dutch slag).
Or perhaps borrowed directly from a continental Germanic language; compare Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”) et al. Compare also Middle High German trumme, trumbe (“drum”), Old High German trumba (“trumpet”).
NounEdit
drum (plural drums)
- A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
- Hypernym: percussion instrument
- Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
- Replace the drum unit of your printer.
- A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
- The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums.
- (architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
- (architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
- A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
- (Australia slang) A tip; a piece of information.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, page 258:
- ‘he is the darndest little speaker we got, so better sit there and listen to him while he gives you the drum and if you clean out your earholes you might get a bit of sense into your heads.’
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, page 258:
Usage notesEdit
When used in the plural, "drums" or "the drums" often specifically means a drum kit as used for contemporary styles such as rock or jazz; a classical percussionist would be very unlikely to say that they "play the drums" on a piece, even if the only parts they play are, indeed, drums (as opposed to marimba or xylophone or similar.)
Derived termsEdit
- bang the drum
- barrel drum
- bass drum
- beat the drum
- chalice drum
- cocktail drum
- conical drum
- double-conical drum
- dram major
- drum and bass
- drumbeat
- drum brake
- drumfire
- drumfish
- drumhead
- drum kit
- drum machine
- drum majorette
- drummist
- drummy
- drum roll
- drumstick
- eardrum
- footed drum
- frame drum
- friction drum
- goblet drum
- hand drum
- hourglass drum
- kettledrum
- long drum
- pellet drum
- side drum
- slit drum
- snare drum
- steel drum
- talking drum
- tenor drum
- tight as a drum
- tubular drum
- waisted drum
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VerbEdit
drum (third-person singular simple present drums, present participle drumming, simple past and past participle drummed)
- (intransitive) To beat a drum.
- (transitive, intransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
- The ruffed grouse drums with his wings.
- 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], OCLC 864083:
- drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair
- (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
- He’s still trying to drum Spanish verb conjugations into my head.
- To throb, as the heart.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
- Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 85:
- "There is the snipe drumming also. We shall have it fine!" he added, with an air of conviction.
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Etymology 2Edit
From Irish druim, Scottish Gaelic druim (“back, ridge”).
NounEdit
drum (plural drums)
Usage notesEdit
- Mainly encountered in place names, such as Drumglass and Drumsheugh.
Etymology 3Edit
Origin unknown.
NounEdit
drum (plural drums)
- (now historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening. [from 18th c.]
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 631:
- Another misfortune which befel poor Sophia, was the company of Lord Fellamar, whom she met at the opera, and who attended her to the drum.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. IV, ch. 105:
- [H]e was engaged in a partie of cards, at a drum in the house of a certain lady of quality […] .
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 631:
- (slang, chiefly Britain) A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel. [from 19th c.]
Derived termsEdit
- drummer (housebreaker; travelling salesman)
ReferencesEdit
- drum at OneLook Dictionary Search
AromanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road, track”). Compare Romanian drum.
NounEdit
drum n (plural drumuri)
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DutchEdit
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NounEdit
drum m (plural drums, diminutive drummetje n)
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GermanEdit
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Audio (file)
AdverbEdit
drum
- Contraction of darum.
Further readingEdit
- “drum” in Duden online
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road, track”).
NounEdit
drum n (plural drumuri)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) drum | drumul | (niște) drumuri | drumurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) drum | drumului | (unor) drumuri | drumurilor |
vocative | drumule | drumurilor |
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
Language in Danger Andrew Dalby, 2003
ReferencesEdit
- drum in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road, track”).
NounEdit
drȕm m (Cyrillic spelling дру̏м)