English to English
noun
- a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
source: WordNet 3.0
- the sound of a drum
He could hear the drums before he heard the fifes.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
source: WordNet 3.0
- a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
source: WordNet 3.0
- a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
source: WordNet 3.0
- small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
source: WordNet 3.0
- An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- make a rhythmic sound
Rain drummed against the windshield.
The drums beat all night.
source: WordNet 3.0
- play a percussion instrument
source: WordNet 3.0
- study intensively, as before an exam
I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.
source: Webster 1913
- To execute on a drum, as a tune.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [dram] Tambol
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [dram] Tumambol
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
