drums

Noun

• a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
• the sound of a drum
  • "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"
• a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
• a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
• a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
• small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
• plural of drum

Verb

• make a rhythmic sound
  • "The drums beat all night"
• play a percussion instrument
• study intensively, as before an exam
• third-person singular simple present indicative of drum

Synonyms

barrel, beat, bone, bone up, brake drum, cram, drum, drumfish, get up, grind away, membranophone, metal drum, mug up, swot, swot up, thrum, tympan