drum
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(verb) play the drums |
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Related Words: play, play on |
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(verb) make a rhythmic sound: "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night" |
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Synonyms: beat, thrum |
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Related Words: go, sound |
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(noun) 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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Synonyms: drumfish |
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Related Words: Bairdiella chrysoura, Equetus lanceolatus, Equetus pulcher, Sciaenops ocellatus, channel bass, jackknife-fish, mademoiselle, red drum, redfish, sciaenid, sciaenid fish, silver perch, striped drum |
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(noun) a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretch across each end |
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Synonyms: membranophone, tympan |
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Related Words: bass drum, bongo, bongo drum, gran casa, percussion instrument, percussive instrument, side drum, snare, snare drum, tabor, tabour, tambour, tambourine, tenor drum, timbrel, tomtom |
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(noun) a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids |
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Synonyms: metal drum |
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Related Words: vessel |
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(noun) the sound of a drum; "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes" |
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Related Words: sound |
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(noun) a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes |
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Synonyms: brake drum |
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Related Words: cylinder |
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(noun) a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends |
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Synonyms: barrel |
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Related Words: cylinder |
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(verb) study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" |
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Synonyms: bone, bone up, cram, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up |
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Related Words: study |
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