Meaning & Definition of Drum in English

1. A musical percussion instrument

• Usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

2. The sound of a drum

• "He could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"

3. A bulging cylindrical shape

• Hollow with flat ends

4. A cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids

5. A hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

6. Small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

1. Make a rhythmic sound

• "Rain drummed against the windshield"

• "The drums beat all night"

2. Play a percussion instrument

3. Study intensively, as before an exam

• "I had to bone up on my latin verbs before the final exam"