Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)drum, membranophone, tympana musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end (n)drumthe sound of a drum“he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes” (n)barrel, druma bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends (n)drum, metal druma cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids (n)brake drum, druma hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes (n)drum, drumfishsmall to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise Verbs
(v)drum, beat, thrummake a rhythmic sound“Rain drummed against the windshield”,
“He drummed his fingers on the table” (v)drumplay a percussion instrument 