Drums
Meaning of Drums
- a percussion instrument sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands, typically cylindrical, barrel-shaped, or bowl-shaped, with a taut membrane over one or both ends.
a shuffling dance to the beat of a drum
- a cylindrical container or receptacle.
a drum of powdered bleach
- a house or flat.
- an evening or afternoon tea party of a kind that was popular in the late 18th and early 19th century.
a drum at Lady Beresford's
- a piece of reliable inside information.
he had got the drum that the police wouldn't lock us up
- play on a drum or drums.
he channelled his energies into drumming with local groups
- give (someone) reliable information or a warning.
I'm drumming you, if they come I'm going
Middle English: from Middle Dutch or Low German tromme, of imitative origin.
plural noun
a long, narrow hill, especially one separating two parallel valleys.
early 18th century: from Scottish Gaelic and Irish druim ‘ridge’.
plural noun
a fish that makes a drumming sound by vibrating its swim bladder, found mainly in estuarine and shallow coastal waters.
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Hyphenation of Drums
Drums
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- Drums is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Drums synonyms
Meaning a round or cylindrical container used for storing such things as food, chemicals, or rolls of film:
Meaning a cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops round them:
Meaning a solid geometrical figure with straight parallel sides and a circular or oval cross section:
Meaning a large receptacle or storage chamber, especially for liquid or gas:
Meaning a capacious receptacle for storing a specified substance:
Meaning be able to:
Meaning an object for holding or transporting something:
Meaning a hollow object used to contain something:
Meaning a device or implement for holding something:
Meaning a hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, such as a bowl or cask:
Meaning a place where or receptacle in which things are or may be stored:
Words that rhyme with Drums
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