drum - Meaning in Konkani

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drum - Meaning in Konkani

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Definitions and Meaning of drum in English

drum noun

1. small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

   Synonyms

   drumfish

2. a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

   Synonyms

   brake drum

3. a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

   Synonyms

   membranophone, tympan

4. a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids

   Synonyms

   metal drum

5. the sound of a drum

   Example

   • "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"
6. a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

   Synonyms

   barrel

drum verb

1. study intensively, as before an exam

   Synonyms

   bone up, bone, bone, cram, cram, cram, get up, grind away, mug up, swot up, swot

   Example

   • "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
2. play a percussion instrument
3. make a rhythmic sound

   Synonyms

   beat, thrum

   Examples

   • "Rain drummed against the windshield"
   • "The drums beat all night"

Synonyms of drum

• drumfish
• brake drum
• membranophone, tympan
• metal drum
• barrel
• bone, bone up, cram, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up
• beat, thrum

Description

The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a percussion mallet, to produce sound. There is usually a resonant head on the underside of the drum. Other techniques have been used to cause drums to make sound, such as the thumb roll. Drums are the world's oldest and most ubiquitous musical instruments, and the basic design has remained virtually unchanged for thousands of years.

Also see "Drum" on Wikipedia

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