side drum

noun

a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head

• Syn: ↑snare drum, ↑snare

• Hypernyms: ↑drum, ↑membranophone, ↑tympan

• Part Meronyms: ↑snare

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noun

: snare drum

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side drum noun

A small double-headed drum with snares, slung from the drummer's side or sitting on a stand

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Main Entry: ↑side

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side drum,

a snare drum, especially for a marching band: »

So we got a battered old saxophone, a second-hand side drum, a string-bass... (Harper's).

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n. another term for snare drum

Origin:

late 18th cent.: so named because it was originally played, suspended from the drummer's side

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ˈside drum 7 [side drum side drums] noun

a small drum that is hit with hard sticks

 

Word Origin:

late 18th cent.: so named because it was originally played suspended from the drummer's side.