Antonyms for
drum
A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber
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All Definitions for Drum

Below are all the dictionary definitions of drum:

1A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber
2A membranophone.
3Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
4A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
5To beat a drum.
6To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
7To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
8To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.
9Used with for.
10A person's home
11A house or other building, especially when insalubrious
12A tavern, a brothel.
13A drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc).
14Synonym of construction barrel.
15The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
16Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
17A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
18To throb, as the heart.
19Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.
20A tip
21A piece of information.
22The ear.
23A small hill or ridge of hills.
24A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
25A surname.
26A settlement (Mains of Drum) in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, near Drum Castle (OS grid ref NO8099).
27A mountain in Conwy borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH7069).
28A village in County Monaghan, Ireland.
29A civil parish and townland in County Roscommon, Ireland.
30An unincorporated community in Bollinger County, Missouri, USA, named after the Drum family.

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