drummeth

Verb

drum (third-person singular simple present drums, present participle drumming, simple past and past participle drummed)

1. (intransitive) To beat a drum.
2. (ambitransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
   • The ruffed grouse drums with his wings.
3. (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
   • He’s still trying to drum Spanish verb conjugations into my head.
4. To throb, as the heart.
   • Now, heart, […]thou shalt drum no more.1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number)
5. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
6. Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.
   • "There is the snipe drumming also. We shall have it fine!" he added, with an air of conviction.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 85

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