Read the dictionary definition of drum. All definitions for this word.
1. small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
2. a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
3. a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
4. a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
5. the sound of a drum
1. he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes
6. a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
7. study intensively, as before an exam
1. I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
8. play a percussion instrument
9. make a rhythmic sound
1. Rain drummed against the windshield
2. The drums beat all night