| accompany |
When you accompany one thing with another thing, you add the second thing to make the first thing better or more complete. You might accompany your guitar playing with the beat of a drum to make your sound more complete. You might accompany your sandwich with a glass of juice to make your lunch better. [1/3 definitions] |
| bass drum |
a large drum that makes a low, booming sound. |
| baton |
a rod or staff of hollow metal that is carried or spun by a drum major or majorette. [1/3 definitions] |
| beat |
When you hit something again and again in a way that repeats, then you are making a beat. In music, we often hear the beat of a drum. [1/7 definitions] |
| bongo2 |
a small drum played with the fingers. Bongos come in connected pairs. |
| conga |
a tall drum played with the hands. [1/2 definitions] |
| drum |
a percussion instrument shaped like a cylinder. A drum has a hollow body covered at one or both ends by a tight material. It is played by beating with sticks or the hands. [4/5 definitions] |
| drumstick |
a stick used to play a drum. [1/2 definitions] |
| hit |
When you hit a drum, it makes a sound. If somebody hits you in the arm, your arm will probably hurt. When you hit something, you strike it. [1/7 definitions] |
| instrument |
An instrument is something you use to make music. It is often called a "musical instrument." There are many kinds of instruments, and they make many kinds of sounds. A piano, a violin, a trumpet, and a drum are some of the many instruments that people play. [1/3 definitions] |
| kettledrum |
a large, deep drum that is shaped like a bowl and played with soft mallets. |
| locate |
When you locate something in a particular place, it means you decide to put it in that place. If you locate your drum set in the garage, it means that you've picked the garage as the place to put and keep your drums. [1/2 definitions] |
| majorette |
see "drum majorette." |
| rhythm |
When a noise repeats many times in a regular way, we say that it makes a rhythm. A drum is an instrument that people often use to make rhythm in music. [1/2 definitions] |
| roll |
A drum roll is a quick series of beating sounds on a drum. [1/11 definitions] |
| snare2 |
a string or wire that is stretched over the bottom skin of a snare drum. |
| snare drum |
a small drum fitted with snares or wires that make a rattling sound. |
| sound1 |
If you hit a drum or clap your hands, you send signals through the air that most people or animals can sense with their ears. When you do things like this, you create sound. Sound is stuff that people can hear. [1/5 definitions] |
| tambourine |
a small drum that has metal disks attached around the rim. The player shakes the tambourine with one hand and strikes it with other. |
| taps |
(used with a singular verb) the signal played on a trumpet or drum in the U.S. military forces. Taps are used as a signal for lights to be put out, or at the end of a funeral service. |
| tom-tom |
a small or narrow drum, usually played by beating with the hands. |