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Related / Similar Words: drumfish, brake drum, membranophone, tympan, metal drum, barrel, cram, grind away, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone, beat, thrum

Definition:

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

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

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

a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids;

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

a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends;

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

play a percussion instrument;

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

Hyponyms: striped drum, Equetus pulcher, jackknife-fish, Equetus lanceolatus, silver perch, mademoiselle, Bairdiella chrysoura, red drum, channel bass, redfish, Sciaenops ocellatus, bass drum, gran casa, bongo, bongo drum, snare drum, snare, side drum, tabor, tabour, tambour, tambourine, tenor drum, tom-tom, timbrel

Grouped Verbs: cram, beat

Part Meronyms: drum brake, drum brakes

Derivational Morphology: swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb, crammer, membranophone, tympan, drummer, drumming, rhythm, beat, musical rhythm

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