bedrum
/biˈdɹʌm/
bedrum verb: to drum about, over, or in celebration for (something).
Verb
bedrum (third-person singular simple present bedrums, present participle bedrumming, simple past and past participle bedrummed)
- To drum about, over, or in celebration for (something).
- As the wedding company proceeded to the church, with the town-band bedrumming and becymballing them in the van, she whimpered and sobbed as in the evil hour when the Job's-news reached her, that the wild sea had devoured her husband, with ship and fortune.1874, Thomas Carlyle, Works: Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter
- [They] thrust themselves, with the utmost of their soul and strength, to the highest, by them attainable, pinnacle of the most bedrummed and betrumpeted booth in the Fair of the World.1875, John Ruskin, “Letter LVIII”, in Fors Clavigera. Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain, volume V, Orpington, Kent: George Allen, →OCLC, page 272
Forms of bedrum
| third-person singular present | bedrums |
|---|---|
| present participle | bedrumming |
| past participle | bedrummed |
| past | bedrummed |
Origin of bedrum
From be- (“about, over”) + drum.
Questions about bedrum
- What does bedrum mean?
- Bedrum means to drum about, over, or in celebration for (something).
- What part of speech is bedrum?
- Bedrum is a verb.
- How do you pronounce bedrum?
- Bedrum is pronounced /biˈdɹʌm/.
- What is the past tense of bedrum?
- The past tense of bedrum is bedrummed.
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