Definizione monolingua

drum

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

1. (intransitive) (music) To beat a drum.
2. (intransitive) To knock successively and playfully.

   Drumming one’s fingers on a table is often an expression of impatience or annoyance.

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

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

drum (plural drums)

1. A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber, affecting what materials are used to make it.
2. Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
3. In particular, a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.

   The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums.

4. (obsolete or historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 631:

     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.

5. (architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola
6. (architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar

drum (contraction of darum)

1. thereabout
2. therefore
3. on that account, for that reason

Definizione dizionario drum

	bidone
	hollow, cylindrical object
	barrel etc. for liquid

	tamburo
	Strumento musicale.
	A percussion instrument consisting of at least one membrane that is stretched over a shell and struck directly with the player's hands or with a drumstick.

	batteria
	instrument

	scannarsi
	Studiare molto intensamente, come prima di un esame.
	To study intensively, as before an exam.

cassa

fustino

fusto

rullo

tamburellare

timpano

Altri significati:

to beat a drum

In particular, a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.

(intransitive) To knock successively and playfully.

To produce sound with a drum.

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

to knock successively

Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.

A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber, affecting what materials are used to make it.

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

(intransitive) ( '''music''' ) To beat a drum.

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

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

to review to establish memorization