[drʌm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- 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
(e.g: a shuffling dance to the beat of a drum)

- a cylindrical container or receptacle
(e.g: a drum of powdered bleach)

- a house or flat

- an evening or afternoon tea party of a kind that was popular in the late 18th and early 19th century
(e.g: a drum at Lady Beresford's)

- a piece of reliable inside information
(e.g: he had got the drum that the police wouldn't lock us up)


Phrases:
- beat the drum
- beat the drum against
- drum something home
- run a drum

Origin:
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], (Verb)

Definitions:
- play on a drum or drums
(e.g: he channelled his energies into drumming with local groups)

- give (someone) reliable information or a warning
(e.g: I'm drumming you, if they come I'm going)


Phrases:
- beat the drum
- beat the drum against
- drum something home
- run a drum

Origin:
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], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a long, narrow hill, especially one separating two parallel valleys


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Origin:
early 18th century: from Scottish Gaelic and Irish druim ‘ridge’

[drʌm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a fish that makes a drumming sound by vibrating its swim bladder, found mainly in estuarine and shallow coastal waters


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