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      drum
      noun
      (music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
      Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
      A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
      (slang, chiefly UK) A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel.
      (informal) A drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc).
      (US) Synonym of construction barrel.
      (architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
      (architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
      A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
      (Australia slang) A tip; a piece of information.
      A surname.
      A settlement (Mains of Drum) in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, near Drum Castle (OS grid ref NO8099).
      A mountain in Conwy borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH7069).
      A village in County Monaghan, Ireland.
      A civil parish and townland in County Roscommon, Ireland.
      An unincorporated community in Bollinger County, Missouri, USA, named after the Drum family.
      (boxing, slang, obsolete) The ear.
      (now rare) A small hill or ridge of hills.
      (now historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
      verb
      (intransitive) To beat a drum.
      (ambitransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
      (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
      To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
      To throb, as the heart.
      Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.
      Synonyms for drum
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