Noun
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small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
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a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
- brake drum -
a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
- metal drum -
a bulging cylindrical shape
hollow with flat ends
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the sound of a drum
"he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"
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a musical percussion instrument
usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
- membranophone
Verb
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study intensively, as before an exam
"I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
- grind away - bone up - get up - mug up - swot up -
play a percussion instrument
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make a rhythmic sound
"Rain drummed against the windshield"
"The drums beat all night"