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drum — drum1 /drum/, n., pl. drums, (esp. collectively for 11) drum, v., drummed, drumming. n. 1. a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head,… … Universalium
drum — darum * * * drụm 〈Adv.; umg.〉 = darum ● sei s drum es macht nichts, nehmen wir s in Kauf, es soll uns nicht stören; mit allem, was drum und dran hängt 〈umg.〉 mit allem, was damit zusammenhängt, was dazugehört; das Drum und Dran das Zubehör, alles … Universal-Lexikon
Drum — Trommel * * * drụm 〈Adv.; umg.〉 = darum ● sei s drum es macht nichts, nehmen wir s in Kauf, es soll uns nicht stören; mit allem, was drum und dran hängt 〈umg.〉 mit allem, was damit zusammenhängt, was dazugehört; das Drum und Dran das Zubehör,… … Universal-Lexikon
drum — [16] Belying the total lack of similarity between the instruments, drum, trumpet, and trombone seem to be closely related. Drum appears to be a shortening of a slightly earlier English word drumslade ‘drum, drummer’, which was borrowed from Low… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
drum — {{11}}drum (n.) 1540s, probably from M.Du. tromme drum, common Germanic (Cf. Ger. Trommel, Dan. tromme, Swed. trumma), probably of imitative origin. Not common before 1570s. Slightly older, and more common at first, was drumslade, apparently from … Etymology dictionary
drum — I [[t]drʌm[/t]] n. pl. drums, (esp. collectively for11)drum, 1) mad a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usu. cylindrical body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the… … From formal English to slang
drum — I. /drʌm / (say drum) noun 1. a musical instrument consisting of a hollow body, often covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks. 2. any hollow tree or… …
drum — [16] Belying the total lack of similarity between the instruments, drum, trumpet, and trombone seem to be closely related. Drum appears to be a shortening of a slightly earlier English word drumslade ‘drum, drummer’, which was borrowed from Low… … Word origins
drombeslade — drombeslade, byllsclad var. of drumslade Obs., a drum … Useful english dictionary
dromslade — dromslade, slet var. of drumslade, Obs … Useful english dictionary
