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'drum' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'drum' with 6 example sentences.


drum noun

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

: the sound of a drum

: a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

: a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids

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

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

drum verb

: make a rhythmic sound

: play a percussion instrument

: study intensively, as before an exam


  • How long have you been playing the drums?
  • She can play the drum.
  • I couldn't afford to get you a new drum.
  • It's as tight as a drum.
  • The musician beat his drums loudly.
  • A cat was sleeping in the bass drum.
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