Definition: small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
Similar words: sciaenid, sciaenid fish
Definition: widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound
Synonyms: brake drum, drum
Definition: a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
Similar words: cylinder
Definition: a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line
Synonyms: drum, tympan, membranophone
Definition: a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
Similar words: percussion instrument, percussive instrument
Definition: a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
Synonyms: metal drum, drum
Definition: a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
Similar words: vessel
Definition: an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
Synonyms: drum
Definition: the sound of a drum
Usage: he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes
Similar words: sound
Definition: the sudden occurrence of an audible event
Usage: the sound awakened them
Definition: a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
Similar words: cylinder
Definition: a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line
Synonyms: bone, bone up, grind away, get up, drum, cram, swot, swot up, mug up
Definition: study intensively, as before an exam
Usage: I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
Similar words: hit the books, study
Definition: learn by reading books
Usage: He is studying geology in his room; I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now
Synonyms: drum
Definition: play a percussion instrument
Similar words: play
Definition: perform music on (a musical instrument)
Usage: He plays the flute; Can you play on this old recorder?
Definition: make a rhythmic sound
Usage: Rain drummed against the windshield; The drums beat all night
Definition: make a certain noise or sound
Usage: She went `Mmmmm'; The gun went `bang'