Definition of "drum"

drum¹

/ˈdɹʌm/

noun
plural drums
1. A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
  Quotations
  In the Province of Xenſi, near the City Vucung, is a Hill called Taipe, which if a Drum be beaten upon it, preſently followeth Thunder, Lightning, and ſtormy weather, inſomuch that the Magiſtrates have forbidden all perſons upon pain of death to beat any Drum there.
  1669, John Nievhoff, “Of ſome THINGS more then NATURAL, and ſtrange POOLS.”, in John Ogilby, transl., An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China‎, London: John Macock, page 273
2. Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
3. A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
4. (US) Synonym of construction barrel
5. (architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
6. (architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
7. A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
8. (Australia slang) A tip; a piece of information.
  Quotations
  ‘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, published 2003, page 258
verb
third-person singular simple present drums, present participle drumming, simple past and past participle drummed
1. (intransitive) To beat a drum.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
  Quotations
  drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair
  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, […]
3. (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
4. To throb, as the heart.
  Quotations
  Now, heart, […] thou shalt drum no more.
  1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], (please specify the page number)
5. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
6. Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.
  Quotations
  "There is the snipe drumming also. We shall have it fine!" he added, with an air of conviction.
  1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 85

drum²

/ˈdɹʌm/

noun
plural drums
1. (now rare) A small hill or ridge of hills.

drum³

/ˈdɹʌm/

noun
plural drums
1. (now historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
  Quotations
  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.
  1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […]
  [H]e was engaged in a partie of cards, at a drum in the house of a certain lady of quality […] .
  1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […]
2. (slang, chiefly UK) A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel.

drum⁴

/ˈdɹʌm/

noun
plural drums
1. (informal) A drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc).
  Quotations
  Add, thinly sliced, 1/2 to 1 onion and 2 cloves of garlic also sliced, your choice of protein – chicken or turkey breast, or low fat beef, veal, lamb or pork, cut in pieces, or skinless chicken drums, and probably a little water. Then add 1/2 a cup of ...
  2006, Helene Andreu, Dance, movemet, and nutrition, AuthorHouse, page 138
  In a large frying pan, add some canola oil and half of the chicken drums and brown them on both sides. Repeat the procedure until all drums are browned. Place them in a medium baking pan. To the browned chicken drums, add sliced onion, ...
  2010, Nadejda Reilly, Ukrainian Cuisine with an American Touch and Ingredients, page 253
  3–5 pounds chicken drums and thighs, with skinHot sauce to taste1. In a gallon resealable plastic bag, add flour, pepper, and salt. Shake to mix. […]
  2010, Lisa Lamme, The Gypsy Kitchen: Transform Almost Nothing into Something Delicious with Not-So-Secret Ingredients, Simon and Schuster
  Up top, a pained expression, her eating face. My mom doesn't eat for taste, she does it to stay alive. Probably wouldn't eat if she didn't have to. I grab a new chopstick and when I get back there's a chicken drum on my plate. “Thanks, Ba,” I say.
  2016, Melanie Mah, The Sweetest One, Cormorant Books
  To stir the whole, he used a chicken drum.
  2016, Astroglo DeCerveau, A Book of Good and Bad Things, Xlibris Corporation
  When noon came the next day, the two guards came in with a plate of […] chicken drums and pork braised in soy sauce, plus some vegetables.
  2017, Daniel Young, Stuart Barnes, Tincture Journal Issue Eighteen (Winter 2017), Tincture Journal

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