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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)

  1. 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
  2. Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
  3. A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
  4. (architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
  5. (architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
  6. A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
  7. (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.’
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)

  1. (intransitive) To beat a drum.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
    • drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair
  3. (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
  4. To throb, as the heart.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
  5. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
  6. 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)

  1. (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)

  1. (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 [] .
  2. (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)

  1. 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)

  1. (music) drum, usually one belonging to a drum kit

Synonyms

  • trommel

Derived terms

  • drumstel

German

Pronunciation

Adverb

drum

  1. Contraction of darum.

Further reading

  • “drum” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek ?????? (drómos, road, track).

Noun

drum n (plural drumuri)

  1. 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 ?????)

  1. road

Declension

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qawwali

English

Etymology

From Urdu ???????, Persian ???????, from ?????? (qawwal).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /k??w??li/

Noun

qawwali (countable and uncountable, plural qawwalis)

  1. (music, uncountable) A style of Muslim devotional music, especially among the Sufis, accompanied by drums and harmonium.
    • 1994, Simon Broughton, World Music: The Rough Guide:
      Jameela Siddiqi listens to qawwali and talks to its performers […].
  2. (music, countable) A song in this style.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 223:
      They are singing not a religious qawwali but its secular and lay cousin.
    • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 86:
      Every Thursday, in the dargah's enclosure, musicians in shimmering turquoise kurtas, their fingers bejewelled with bling, perform qawwalis attributed to Khusrau […].

Derived terms

  • qawwali-like

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