a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

[ Syn: membranophone , tympan ]

the sound of a drum; he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes'

a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

[ Syn: barrel ]

a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids

[ Syn: metal drum ]

a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

[ Syn: brake drum ]

small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

[ Syn: drumfish ]

make a rhythmic sound; Rain drummed against the windshield; The drums beat all night

[ Syn: beat , thrum ]

play a percussion instrument

study intensively, as before an exam; I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam

[ Syn: cram , grind away , bone up , swot , get up , mug up , swot up , bone ]