a percussion instrument sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands, typically cylindrical, barrel-shaped, or bowl-shaped, with a taut membrane over one or both ends

a shuffling dance to the beat of a drum

a cylindrical container or receptacle

a drum of powdered bleach

a house or flat

an evening or afternoon tea party of a kind that was popular in the late 18th and early 19th century

a drum at Lady Beresford's

a piece of reliable inside information

he had got the drum that the police wouldn't lock us up

play on a drum or drums

he channelled his energies into drumming with local groups

give (someone) reliable information or a warning

I'm drumming you, if they come I'm going

a long, narrow hill, especially one separating two parallel valleys

a fish that makes a drumming sound by vibrating its swim bladder, found mainly in estuarine and shallow coastal waters