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drums

/dɹʌmz/

drums is the plural of drum.

drums is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drum.

Meaning of drum

Noun

drum (plural drums)

  1. A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
    • He's playing the piano and she's playing the drums!
    Synonyms:
    skins
  2. Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
    • Replace the drum unit of your printer.
  3. A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
    • The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums.
  4. (US) Synonym of construction barrel.
  5. The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
  6. Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.

See all 25 meanings of drum

Proper noun capitalized: Drums

Drums

  1. (plural) plural of Drum

Phrases with drums

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Words that rhyme with drums

Questions about drums

What is drums the plural of?
Drums is the plural of drum.
What part of speech is drums?
Drums is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce drums?
Drums is pronounced /dɹʌmz/.

Words near drums in the dictionary

  1. Drumright
  2. drumroll
  3. drumroll, please
  4. drumrolls
  5. Drumry
  6. drums
  7. drums into
  8. drums out
  9. drums up
  10. drumset
  11. drumsets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drums (page history and authors); Drums (page history and authors); drum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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