I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
drum 'n' bass
drum kit
drum machine
drum major
drum majorette
drum roll
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a drum roll
drum up/rally support (= get people’s support by making an effort )
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Both sides have been drumming up support through the internet.
litre bottle/drum/container etc
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a litre bottle of wine
snare drum
steel drum
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bass
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Literally everything in the room starts vibrating to the beat of the bass drum .
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Something almost mystically, er, right, about guitar, bass and drums and nothing else.
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Guitar, bass , drums and vocals.
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The bass drum beats and the parade sets off as one to march twice past the Inspecting Officer.
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My heart was doing its usual bass drum act as we drew in.
■ NOUN
beat
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And perhaps the drum beat had been the noise which had excited Scathach.
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Again the drum beat , the great axe swirling in the sunlight.
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There was the slight sound, a light and muffled drum beat .
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The Christmas period is highly charged, perhaps because you sense the drum beat of change in 1993.
kit
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At the song's end, he casually tosses his guitar over his shoulder and into the drum kit .
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Recently, Shields' college buddy Dave Harrison stepped in behind the drum kit to complete the lineup.
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A multi-million pound industry in its own right, it cost 3 guitars and a drum kit to commence business.
machine
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The equipment used is much the same; the same drum machines as then.
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Unplug the drum machine and do us all a favour.
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T: It sounds like he only knows one programme on the drum machine .
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Fanshawe uses his as drum machine , confessor weight-training apparatus.
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We strap on the goggles and headphones which are wired up to what looks like a drum machine .
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Keyboards, drum machines and mikes filled most of the available space.
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They go about this by jumping up and down a lot and cranking the drum machine up to unfeasible volumes.
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I never replace a drummer with a drum machine straight away, unless it's absolutely necessary.
oil
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An oil drum was kicked away, rolling and crashing into the wall beside her.
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She can transform oil drums , exhaust pipes and car wheels into fine musical instruments.
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There was a field just behind it containing red and white poles and some painted oil drums .
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The body is floating in an oil drum in Dumbfoundling Bay, legs sawed off.
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They tipped the contents of one oil drum into the car and threw in a burning rag.
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His dock was strewn with beer cans, oil drums , fishing nets.
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The instruments are made of old oil drums , and after months of practice, they've given their first concert.
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The piste, marked by oil drums , was completely out of sight, over a mile away to the north.
pattern
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I mean, during the verse of Symphony the kick drum pattern and bass line are totally locked.
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Program the drum pattern for practising this transcription and if you have a sequencer, program the chords as well.
roll
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And then, with a final drum roll , it was all over.
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Mickey Dolenz, part of the 1960s band the Monkees, will lead the drum roll .
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Next came a drum roll , followed by a wave and a thumbs-up sign from the newly-weds.
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The pre-recorded drum roll sounds and the sequined curtain flies up.
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One boy, a child, begins a steady drum roll .
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Starting lineup for the two-time defending world champion Houston Rockets recently has been, drum roll , please....
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Nothing obscures the outlines of an orchestral passage more than a drum roll on an unrelated note.
snare
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He didn't understand that it was in four and that the snare drum was on beats two and four.
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The Shumens will be taking two snare drums .
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The electronic click startled him, as if it were the beat of a snare drum .
steel
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A row of corroded steel drums caught her eye but she quickly discounted them.
■ VERB
bang
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Recruiters banged at their drums , yet crowds of young men filled the streets, unmoved and unresponsive.
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During the day I sit banging my drum and watching good actors singing my words.
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Since then, excited activists have been roaming the streets, banging drums and chanting.
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They are reinforced by beaters on foot banging drums and gongs.
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They were all empty, but rows of Moi females were seated along the other walls, banging the gongs and drums .
hear
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Now, when Tallis listened hard, she could hear a drum being beaten as a warning.
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Either she could hear jungle drums or the beating of her own heart.
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We were quite near home when I heard a noise of drums from a side-street.
play
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My heart started playing drums again.
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In high school, he also learned to play the drums , piano and cornet.
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Ringo Starr played drums in the two-song encore.
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He was like the band conductor who never wanted to play the drums again.
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Joe Donald played the drums and William and Nellie Addison who were brother and sister played violin and piano.
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Cesia Gurrola plays piano and drums and wants to be a lifeguard or teacher.
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He plays the drums , and races at high speed over the hills on a mountain bike.
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Charming, enigmatic Paul Elia balances melody and rhythm, singing as well as playing drums .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a 50-gallon drum of paint thinner
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a snare drum
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The rear brake drums on the car need replacing.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An oil drum was kicked away, rolling and crashing into the wall beside her.
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Faster and faster spun the wheels of light, and the throbbing of the drums accelerated with them.
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I rotated the nails so that a cheese paring of wax was scoured from the surface of the drum .
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One beat on an hourglass-shaped drum , while the other clashed large cymbals.
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Place on the cake drum next to the paintbox.
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The cap is retained in the unit and used to reseal the drum .
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The equipment used is much the same; the same drum machines as then.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
home
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Instead of blaming one partner we should drum home the essential message that parents have equal responsibilities.
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To help them identify the danger signs an information booklet will be made available and press ads will drum home the message.
on
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Rufus Reid on bass and Lewis again on drums .
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Brandon Ross, electric guitar, and Toby Williams on drums .
out
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You normally get drummed out if you disgrace yourself.
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She used to be an Ugly Sister, but got drummed out for over-enthusiasm.
up
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He hopes to drum up the support of sympathetic congressmen who blame the law for high fares.
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It should also drum up more work for a profession that has been badly hit by the recession.
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They bought a truck and proceeded to drum up business.
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Cheltenham &038; Gloucester and the Yorkshire are taking the discount route to drum up business.
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In both instances, the Sacred Heart staff failed to drum up behind-the-scenes support before their appeals.
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All the shopkeepers there have chipped in and hired a promo agency to drum up Christmas trade.
■ NOUN
business
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Cheltenham &038; Gloucester and the Yorkshire are taking the discount route to drum up business .
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They bought a truck and proceeded to drum up business .
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Now Argyll plans to drum up more business with in-store dry cleaners and post offices.
message
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Instead of blaming one partner we should drum home the essential message that parents have equal responsibilities.
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To help them identify the danger signs an information booklet will be made available and press ads will drum home the message .
rain
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They could hear the rain drumming against the windows.
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The rain that drummed on the phone-box roof.
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For a while we sat listening to the rain drumming on the roof.
support
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He hopes to drum up the support of sympathetic congressmen who blame the law for high fares.
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Both sides have been drumming up support through the internet and the mosques.
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The lobbyists' job was to drum up support among rank-and-file lawmakers-a majority of whom had just voted for it.
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There are only certain ways, it seems, you can drum up support .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Rain drummed on the windows.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He drums his fingers on the chairback as he passes.
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He could hear her drumming the desktop with her fingers, waiting for him to put the cover on the typewriter.
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He hopes to drum up the support of sympathetic congressmen who blame the law for high fares.