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drum
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Etymology 1
Perhaps back-formation from drumslade (“drummer”), from Middle Dutch trommelslach (“drumbeat”), from trommel (“drum”) + slach (“beat”) (Dutch slag).
Or perhaps borrowed directly from a continental Germanic language; compare Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”) et al. Compare also Middle High German trumme, trumbe (“drum”), Old High German trumba (“trumpet”).
Noun
drum (plural drums)
- A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
- Hypernym: percussion instrument
- Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
- A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
- (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.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, page 258:
- ‘he is the darndest little speaker we got, so better sit there and listen to him while he gives you the drum and if you clean out your earholes you might get a bit of sense into your heads.’
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, page 258:
Usage notes
When used in the plural, "drums" or "the drums" often specifically means a drum kit as used for contemporary styles such as rock or jazz; a classical percussionist would be very unlikely to say that they "play the drums" on a piece, even if the only parts they play are, indeed, drums (as opposed to marimba or xylophone or similar.)
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- percussion
Verb
drum (third-person singular simple present drums, present participle drumming, simple past and past participle drummed)
- (intransitive) To beat a drum.
- (transitive, intransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
- drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair
- (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
- To throb, as the heart.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
- Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- drum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Irish druim, Scottish Gaelic druim (“back, ridge”).
Noun
drum (plural drums)
- (now rare) A small hill or ridge of hills.
Usage notes
- Mainly encountered in place names, such as Drumglass and Drumsheugh.
Etymology 3
Origin unknown.
Noun
drum (plural drums)
- (now historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening. [from 18th c.]
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 631:
- Another misfortune which befel poor Sophia, was the company of Lord Fellamar, whom she met at the opera, and who attended her to the drum.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. IV, ch. 105:
- [H]e was engaged in a partie of cards, at a drum in the house of a certain lady of quality […] .
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 631:
- (slang, chiefly Britain) A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel. [from 19th c.]
Derived terms
- drummer (housebreaker; travelling salesman)
References
- drum at OneLook Dictionary Search
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- drumu
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek ?????? (drómos, “road, track”). Compare Romanian drum.
Noun
drum n (plural drumuri)
- road
Synonyms
- cali, sucachi
See also
- cãrari
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English drum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dr?m/
- Hyphenation: drum
- Rhymes: -?m
Noun
drum m (plural drums, diminutive drummetje n)
- (music) drum, usually one belonging to a drum kit
Synonyms
- trommel
Derived terms
- drumstel
German
Pronunciation
Adverb
drum
- Contraction of darum.
Further reading
- “drum” in Duden online
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek ?????? (drómos, “road, track”).
Noun
drum n (plural drumuri)
- road
Declension
Related terms
See also
- strad?
- cale
- c?rare
- ?osea
References
Language in Danger Andrew Dalby, 2003
References
- drum in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek ?????? (drómos, “road, track”).
Noun
dr?m m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- road
Declension
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hogshead
English
Etymology
From Late Middle English hogshead, hagyshed, hogeyshed, hoggesyde, hokkeshed, Middle English hoggeshed, hogges-hed, hogeshed, hoggeshede, hoggesheed, hoggesheudes, hoggesheved, hoggishede, hoggisheed, hoggyssehed, hogyshed, hoogeshed (“measure of liquid capacity equivalent to about 63 gallons; large barrel or cask”, literally “hog’s head”), from hog, hogge (“swine, especially a castrated male swine”) + hed (“animal or human head”), equivalent to hog +? 's +? head. The connection between the cask and the head of a hog is uncertain, but may refer to the shape of the cask. The word has often been borrowed into other languages as “ox-head”.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??z?h?d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h??z?h?d/, /?h??z-/
- Hyphenation: hogs?head
Noun
hogshead (plural hogsheads)
- (Britain) An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52 1?2 imperial gallons; a half pipe.
- Synonym: (abbreviation) hhd.
- A large barrel or cask of indefinite contents, especially one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.
Translations
References
Further reading
- hogshead on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Portuguese
Etymology
From English hogshead.
Noun
hogshead m (plural hogsheads)
- hogshead (an English measure of liquids)
hogshead From the web:
- = 238.480942 liters
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