Drums

Word DRUMS
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /dɹʌmz/

Definitions and meanings of "Drums"

What do we mean by drums?

A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber, affecting what materials are used to make it; a membranophone.

Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.

A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.

The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.

Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.

A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).

A tip; a piece of information.

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The word "drums" in example sentences

The music [166] consisted, at first, of seventy men as a chorus, who sat down; and amidst them were placed three instruments, which we called drums, though very unlike them. ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

Solomon Burke's website says he was born on March 21, 1940 "in an upper room at the United Praying Band The House of God for All People" Church in West Philadelphia "to the sounds of horns and bass drums from the sanctuary." ❋ Unknown (2010)

She led me into a garage-like shed where the new crop is slowly heated to dry for storage and then spun in drums to sort the heads by size. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Which made for a nice complement to another underwhelming, uninspired production from Graham Vick who once again drums up some gray walls to contain the action and wishes everyone the best of luck. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And another plaintive dawn bugle reveille, executed off-key but with authoritarian certainty, all but muffled by the pounding marching drums from the cliff-side army barracks overlooking the beach. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Constant put on a savvy performance for the press cameras: his ragtag troops banged on sheepskin drums and shouted "Somalia" as if it were a battle cry. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Artisans make elaborate hand-carved replicas of pre-Hispanic musical instruments, deer skin drums and rain makers. ❋ Unknown (1997)

The product (phosphorous sesquisulfide) was shipped in drums which began to leak. ❋ Unknown (1978)

"The different drum beats would signal retreat or charge, or right-flank; all the different rudiments had different meanings, and so the drums were the communication out on the field," says Jones. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Our drums are the powerful heartbeat of this nation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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