transcription, транскрипция: [ drʌm ]
( drums, drumming, drummed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A drum is a musical instrument consisting of a skin stretched tightly over a round frame. You play a drum by beating it with sticks or with your hands.
N-COUNT : oft the N
2.
A drum is a large cylindrical container which is used to store fuel or other substances.
...an oil drum.
N-COUNT : usu with supp
3.
If something drums on a surface, or if you drum something on a surface, it hits it regularly, making a continuous beating sound.
He drummed his fingers on the leather top of his desk...
Rain drummed on the roof of the car.
VERB : V n on/against n , V on n
4.
see also drumming
5.
If someone beats the drum or bangs the drum for something, they support it strongly.
PHRASE : V inflects