DRUMS Synonyms

• a small drum; played with the hands

• large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns

• music composed for dancing the conga

• a Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file

• dance the conga

• a bell hung around the neck of cow so that the cow can be easily located

• a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick

• a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

• sound a gong

• a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid

• the quantity a kettle will hold

• (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits

• a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it

• the act of playing a percussion instrument

• the act of exploding a percussion cap

• the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments

• tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes

• something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares

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

• a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities

• strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit

• a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

• catch in or as if in a trap

• entice and trap

• a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides

• a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it

• any of various drums with small heads

• a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets

• A type of frame drum used in Celtic music which was traditionally played by being struck with an animal bone, or in modern times, a piece of wood.

• a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together

• a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow gourd containing pebbles or beans; often played in pairs

• A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to bongos.

• a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired

• a cylindrical container that holds liquids

• a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

• the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold

• any of various units of capacity

• put in barrels

• a regular route for a sentry or policeman

• the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

• the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

• a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations

• a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

• the sound of stroke or blow

• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

• a regular rate of repetition

• a stroke or blow

• the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

• very tired

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

• hit repeatedly

• move rhythmically

• shape by beating

• make a rhythmic sound

• glare or strike with great intensity

• move with a thrashing motion

• sail with much tacking or with difficulty

• stir vigorously

• strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

• be superior

• avoid paying

• make a sound like a clock or a timer

• move with a flapping motion

• indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks

• move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

• make by pounding or trampling

• produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

• strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

• beat through cleverness and wit

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• wear out completely

• crowd or pack to capacity

• put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled

• study intensively, as before an exam

• prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam

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