as in to tap
to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically
absentmindedly drumming his fingers on the table
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Recent Examples of drum
Toria Sheffield, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Then, Machiya, Asa (bass) and Wasabi (drums) wowed the crowd with their aggressive metal riffs, while Daisuke Kaminaga (shakuhachi) and Beni Ninagawa (Tsugaru shamisen) added their flourishes to dramatic effect.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
The musician showcases it in this 2019 set with his electro-cosmic jazz trio Comet is Coming, which features a relentless assault of horn, synth, and drums big enough to fill an arena.
—Matthew Ismael Ruiz, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Phoenix and London then bang on a tiny bongo drum as Hilton laughs.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Then, Machiya, Asa (bass) and Wasabi (drums) wowed the crowd with their aggressive metal riffs, while Daisuke Kaminaga (shakuhachi) and Beni Ninagawa (Tsugaru shamisen) added their flourishes to dramatic effect.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
The setting was the tumultuous early aughts, after 9/11 set the country reeling and President George W. Bush drummed us into war with Iraq.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
The musician showcases it in this 2019 set with his electro-cosmic jazz trio Comet is Coming, which features a relentless assault of horn, synth, and drums big enough to fill an arena.
—Matthew Ismael Ruiz, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drum
Noun
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Happy whales strapped with barrels of coins, supernatural serpentine disco queens.Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
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Chunks of the Hollywood workforce gone, mostly those in postproduction who are staring down the barrel of potential automation due to labor protections and legal and technological constraints surrounding AI use that protect actors, writers and directors from but not other crew.Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Elon Musk contributed more than $250 million to 2024 campaign groups backing Donald Trump Trump tapped Musk and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy to lead his new Department of Government Efficiency, an advisory commission aimed at slashing government regulation and spending.Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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Gunn tapped David Corenswet to play Clark Kent/Superman, at 25 a bit more established than the young cub reporter of Smallville, for instance.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The best Christmas cookie tins are filled with colorful sugar cookies, sprinkled gingerbread, linzers, spritzes, shortbread or sables, crinkles or crackles, even wedding cookies or special chocolate chip cookies — because why not?Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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This year, the golden tins included a dozen seasonal cookies made by chefs at the Driskill, Hyatt Centric, Thompson Austin and Hyatt Regency.Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
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The footage shows a small door on the ceiling of a room opening and closing repeatedly, making a banging noise.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Angela takes her clothes off in the middle of a country club’s restaurant to show Tommy her banging body and remind him what he’s been missing.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Drum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drum. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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