drum

drum1 [ drʌm ] noun **

1. ) count a musical instrument consisting of a tight skin stretched over a round frame that you hit with your hands or a stick. Someone who plays a drum is a drummer.

=> DRUM 'N' BASS

2. ) count a large round container for liquids such as fuel and chemicals:

an oil drum

a ) a circular part of a machine such as a WASHING MACHINE

b ) a circular object that you wind wire or rope around

3. ) singular drum of the sound of something continuously hitting a surface:

the steady drum of raindrops on the roof

bang/beat the drum

to publicly show your support for something or someone

drum

drum 2 [ drʌm ] verb

1. ) intransitive to play a drum

2. ) intransitive or transitive to make a continuous sound by hitting a surface:

He drummed his fingers on the desk .

,drum `into phrasal verb transitive

drum something into someone to make someone learn or understand something by repeating it many times:

Latin isn't an easy language to learn. You have to drum it into students.

,drum `out phrasal verb transitive

drum someone out of something to force someone to leave an organization because they have done something bad:

She risks being drummed out of the army.

,drum `up phrasal verb transitive

to try to make people support you or buy something from you:

Advertisements should help to drum up some business.