drum

Borrowed from Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road, track”). Compare Romanian drum.


drum

(music) drum, usually one belonging to a drum kit

nl-noun

drum m (plural drums, diminutive drummetje n)

drums (plural)
drummetje (diminutive neuter)


drum

He's playing the piano and she's playing the drums!

In the Province of Xenſi, near the City Vucung, is a Hill called Taipe, which if a Drum be beaten upon it, preſently followeth Thunder, Lightning, and ſtormy weather, inſomuch that the Magiſtrates have forbidden all perſons upon pain of death to beat any Drum there.

1669, John Nievhoff, “Of ſome THINGS more then NATURAL, and ſtrange POOLS.”, in John Ogilby, transl., An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 273:

(music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.

Replace the drum unit of your printer.

The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums.

A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.

construction barrel
construction barrel#English

(architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.

(architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.

‘he is the darndest little speaker we got, so better sit there and listen to him while he gives you the drum and if you clean out your earholes you might get a bit of sense into your heads.’

1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 258:

(Australia slang) A tip; a piece of information.

Perhaps back-formation from drumslade (“drummer”), from Middle Dutch trommelslach (“drumbeat”), from trommel (“drum”) + slach (“beat”) (Dutch slag).
Or perhaps borrowed directly from a continental Germanic language; compare Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”) et al. Compare also Middle High German trumme, trumbe (“drum”), Old High German trumba (“trumpet”).


drum

The ruffed grouse drums with his wings.

drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair

1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC:

(transitive, intransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.

He’s still trying to drum Spanish verb conjugations into my head.

Those long ago memories of gnawing sexuality clashing against drummed in prejudice.

1978 December 9, Pat M. Kuras, “A Splice of Lesbian Life”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 11:

(transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.

Now, heart, […]thou shalt drum no more.

1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):

To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.

"There is the snipe drumming also. We shall have it fine!" he added, with an air of conviction.

1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 85:

Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.

en-verb

drum (third-person singular simple present drums, present participle drumming, simple past and past participle drummed)

drums (present singular third-person)
drumming (participle present)
drummed (participle past)
drummed (past)

թմբկահարել

to beat with a rapid succession of strokes


drum

(now rare) A small hill or ridge of hills.

From Irish druim, Scottish Gaelic druim (“back, ridge”).


drum

Another misfortune which befel poor Sophia, was the company of Lord Fellamar, whom she met at the opera, and who attended her to the drum.

[H]e was engaged in a partie of cards, at a drum in the house of a certain lady of quality […].

1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

'Ten o'clock, and you are lighted as for a drum!

1898, Stanley John Weyman, chapter III, in The Castle Inn:

(now historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.

(slang, chiefly UK) A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel.


drum

Add, thinly sliced, 1/2 to 1 onion and 2 cloves of garlic also sliced, your choice of protein – chicken or turkey breast, or low fat beef, veal, lamb or pork, cut in pieces, or skinless chicken drums, and probably a little water. Then add 1/2 a cup of ...

2006, Helene Andreu, Dance, movemet, and nutrition, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 138:

In a large frying pan, add some canola oil and half of the chicken drums and brown them on both sides. Repeat the procedure until all drums are browned. Place them in a medium baking pan. To the browned chicken drums, add sliced onion, ...

2010, Nadejda Reilly, Ukrainian Cuisine with an American Touch and Ingredients, →ISBN, page 253:

3–5 pounds chicken drums and thighs, with skin
Hot sauce to taste
1. In a gallon resealable plastic bag, add flour, pepper, and salt. Shake to mix. […]

2010, Lisa Lamme, The Gypsy Kitchen: Transform Almost Nothing into Something Delicious with Not-So-Secret Ingredients, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

Up top, a pained expression, her eating face. My mom doesn't eat for taste, she does it to stay alive. Probably wouldn't eat if she didn't have to. I grab a new chopstick and when I get back there's a chicken drum on my plate. “Thanks, Ba,” I say.

2016, Melanie Mah, The Sweetest One, Cormorant Books, →ISBN:

To stir the whole, he used a chicken drum.

2016, Astroglo DeCerveau, A Book of Good and Bad Things, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:

When noon came the next day, the two guards came in with a plate of […] chicken drums and pork braised in soy sauce, plus some vegetables.

2017, Daniel Young, Stuart Barnes, Tincture Journal Issue Eighteen (Winter 2017), Tincture Journal, →ISBN:

(informal) A drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc).


drum

drumuri (plural)
drum (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
drumul (accusative definite nominative singular)
drumuri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
drumurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
drum (indefinite singular)
drumului (definite singular)
drumuri (indefinite plural)
drumurilor (definite plural)
drumule (singular vocative)
drumurilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road, track”).


drum

drȕm (canonical masculine)
дру̏м (Cyrillic)
drȕm (nominative singular)
drùmovi (nominative plural)
drùma (genitive singular)
drùmōvā (genitive plural)
drùmu (dative singular)
drùmovima (dative plural)
drȕm (accusative singular)
drùmove (accusative plural)
drȕme (singular vocative)
drùmovi (plural vocative)
drùmu (locative singular)
drùmovima (locative plural)
drùmom (instrumental singular)
drùmovima (instrumental plural)