- side drum
- nouna 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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side drum nounA small double-headed drum with snares, slung from the drummer's side or sitting on a stand• • •Main Entry: ↑side* * *
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 drumOrigin:late 18th cent.: so named because it was originally played, suspended from the drummer's side* * *
a small drum that is hit with hard sticksWord Origin:late 18th cent.: so named because it was originally played suspended from the drummer's side.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.