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Synonyms for drum

Grammar : Verb
Spell : druhm
Phonetic Transcription : drÊŒm

Définition of drum

Origin :
  • 1540s, probably from Middle Dutch tromme "drum," common Germanic (cf. German Trommel, Danish tromme, Swedish trumma), probably of imitative origin. Not common before 1570s. Slightly older, and more common at first, was drumslade, apparently from Dutch or Low German trommelslag. Machinery sense attested from 1740, from similarity of shape.
  • verb beat, tap a beat
Example sentences :
  • The line extends from the drum to the flying or gliding machine.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • It was the sharp peremptory note of the drum beating the alarm.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • It consists of a tympanum or drum, having a stylus attached as in the phonograph.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • The drum's was the only voice in Saint Antoine that blood and hurry had not changed.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • He was born at Groton on May 8, 1789, and began to drum in early boyhood.
  • Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various
  • Ziska bequeathed his skin to be used as a drum to inspire the valour of the Bohemians.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • They weren't saying a word or singing a song, and there wasn't even a drum to keep time.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • Then the priests strike the gong and beat the drum and read from the holy books.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • The weight of the drum and dome rests on the pendentives and dome-arches.
  • Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen
  • The drum dome is octagonal, with eight ribs and as many windows.
  • Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen

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