drum
- n a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
- n the sound of a drum
he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes - n a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
- n a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
- n a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
- n small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
- v make a rhythmic sound
Rain drummed against the windshield
The drums beat all night - v play a percussion instrument
- v study intensively, as before an exam
drum brake
- n hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoe