drum

Definition:
1. A musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretch across each end.
2. The sound of a drum.
3. A bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends.
4. A cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids.
5. A hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes.

Use 'drum' in a sentence:

• 1. Her job was to drum up business.
• 2. I'm playing my drum slowly.
• 3. Impatiently, he drummed his fingers on the table.
• 4. Two issues almost daily drummed into the ears of Californians.
• 5. A long drum roll introduced the trapeze artists.
• 6. It sounds like a drum, doesn't it?
• 7. The President is attempting to drum up public support for his economic program.
• 8. The war drum is beating.
• 9. As he sang he kept time on a small drum.
• 10. We had it drummed into us that we should never talk to strangers.
• 11. Yes, it's my drum.
• 12. Oh, it is the Bell and Drum Tower.
• 13. Hearest thou not the drum?
• 14. When you beat the drum, you feel good.
• 15. Can you give me that drum?
• 16. I dreamed of playing the drum.
• 17. The honey runs out of a tap at the bottom of the drum.
• 18. He drums a drum for the band.
• 19. A drum is noisy.
• 20. We heard the drums beating.
• 21. I'm putting the drum in my room.
• 22. The boy said he wanted a drum.
• 23. The first song is 11 minutes long, the last nearly the same, and, God help us, there's a drum solo along the way.
• 24. Now the drum is ready.
• 25. The drum is one of his favorite.
• 26. The UN secretary-general arrived in Tokyo to drum up support for international peacekeeping.
• 27. The trade secretary disagreed but promised to 'bang the drum for industry'.
• 28. He plays the drum in a band.
• 29. There is a drum solo.
• 30. At long last, there is a loud drum roll.
• 31. Skull and crossbones stickers on the drums aroused the suspicion of the customs officers.
• 32. I will buy you a new drum set.
• 33. Could you pass me the drum?
• 34. Can you play the piano or drum?
• 35. He pointed up to the roof, through which the steady drumming of rain could be heard.
• 36. Jule's voice would boom out like a drum.
• 37. Rain drummed on the roof of the car.
• 38. Read their body language. Are their eyes wandering or are they drumming the desk with their fingers?
• 39. But I can play the drum.
• 40. The musicians gave him their drum.
• 41. I can play the big drum.
• 42. I'll show you my new drum.
• 43. The drum is one of the oldest musical instruments.
• 44. Someone was beating a drum.
• 45. His mouth was dry and he felt a drumming in his temples.
• 46. She puts a piece of plastic tubing in her mouth and starts siphoning gas from a huge metal drum.
• 47. It is to be hoped that he is merely drumming up business.
• 48. The song is a fiery mix of twanging guitar with relentless drumming.
• 49. He had found a drum of electric cable.
• 50. As the town clock struck two, they heard the roll of drums.
• 51. He drummed his fingers on the leather top of his desk.
• 52. His ghost is said to haunt some of the rooms, banging a toy drum.
• 53. Drums are basic to African music.
• 54. The mixture flows to a revolving drum where the water is filtered out.
• 55. Drums and cymbals beat out a solemn rhythm.