side drum

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

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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.

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  • side drum — side′ drum n. mad snare drum • Etymology: 1790–1800 …   From formal English to slang

  • side drum — англ. [сайд драм] мал. барабан ◊ side drum without snare [сайд драм уидза/ут снэ/э] мал. барабан без струны side drum with snare [сайд драм уи/дз снэ/э] мал. барабан со струной …   Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

  • side drum with snare — англ. [сайд драм уи/дз снэ/э] мал. барабан со струной см. также side drum …   Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

  • side drum without snare — англ. [сайд драм уидза/ут снэ/э] мал. барабан без струны см. также side drum …   Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

  • side-drum — /ˈsaɪd drʌm/ (say suyd drum) noun a small double headed drum, traditionally carried at the side, having snares across the lower head to produce a rattling or reverberating effect …  

  • side drum — noun Date: circa 1800 snare drum …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • side drum. — See snare drum. [1790 1800] * * * …   Universalium

  • side drum — noun a small drum in the form of a short cylinder with a membrane at each end, the upper one being struck with hard sticks and the lower one often fitted with rattling cords or wires (snares) …   English new terms dictionary

  • side drum. — See snare drum. [1790 1800] …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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

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