Drummed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Drum \Drum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drummed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Drumming}.]
     1. To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a
        drum.
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     2. To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with
        a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that
        of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his
        wings.
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              Drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair.
                                                    --W. Irving.
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     3. To throb, as the heart. [R.] --Dryden.
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     4. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to
        draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  drum
       n 1: a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a
            hollow cylinder with a membrane stretch across each end
            [syn: {membranophone}, {tympan}]
       2: the sound of a drum; "he could hear the drums before he
          heard the fifes"
       3: a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends [syn: {barrel}]
       4: a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage
          of liquids [syn: {metal drum}]
       5: a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms
          part of the brakes [syn: {brake drum}]
       6: small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes
          of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming
          noise [syn: {drumfish}]
       v 1: make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the
            windshield"; "The drums beat all night" [syn: {beat}, {thrum}]
       2: play a percussion instrument
       3: study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on
          my Latin verbs before the final exam" [syn: {cram}, {grind
          away}, {bone up}, {swot}, {get up}, {mug up}, {swot up}, {bone}]
       [also: {drumming}, {drummed}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  drummed
       See {drum}