Drum Play Drʌm Noun I Band Tony Cox

• to play the drum
• i used to play drums in a band.
• tony cox on drums
• a slow drum beat

drum

1. a musical instrument made of a hollow round frame with plastic or skin stretched tightly across one or both ends. You play it by hitting it with sticks or with your hands.
• SEE ALSO bass drum
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bass-drum
• to play the drum
• I used to play drums in a band.
• Tony Cox on drums
• a slow drum beat
• There was a great crash and then a long roll of drums.
2. a large container for oil or chemicals that is like a cylinder in shape
• a 50 gallon drum
• an oil drum
• Hazardous waste is stored in drums until it can be disposed of.
3. a thing that is like a drum in shape, especially part of a machine
• The mixture flows to a revolving drum where the water is filtered out.
4. to speak with enthusiasm in support of somebody/something
• She’s really banging the drum for the new system.
5. to behave in a different way from other people; to have different attitudes or ideas
• She was a gifted and original artist who marched to a different drummer.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Middle Dutch or Low German tromme, of imitative origin.