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.
