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Word: Drum
Speech Type: Verb
drʌm
play on a drum or drums
Short Definition:play on drum
Examples:- he channelled his energies into drumming with local groups
give (someone) reliable information or a warning
Short Definition:give reliable information
Examples:- I'm drumming you, if they come I'm going
Word: Drum
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century: of uncertain origin; perhaps shortened from drumslade ‘drum, drummer’, or perhaps from the name of this instrument in another Germanic language, such as Middle Dutch tromme or Low German trumme, probably of imitative origin
drʌm
a percussion instrument sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands, typically cylindrical, barrel-shaped, or bowl-shaped, with a taut membrane over one or both ends
Short Definition:instrument sounded by being struck
Examples:- a shuffling dance to the beat of a drum
a cylindrical container or receptacle
Short Definition:cylindrical container
Examples:- a drum of powdered bleach
a house or flat.
Short Definition:house or flat
an evening or afternoon tea party of a kind that was popular in the late 18th and early 19th century
Short Definition:tea party
Examples:- a drum at Lady Beresford's
a piece of reliable inside information
Short Definition:inside information
Examples:- he had got the drum that the police wouldn't lock us up
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