Past tense of drum
regular verb
The past tense of drum is drummed. The past participle is also drummed.
Forms of drum
| Base form (V1) | drum /ˈdɹʌm/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | drummed /dɹʌmd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | drummed /dɹʌmd/ |
| Present participle | drumming /ˈdɹʌmɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | drums /dɹʌmz/ |
Drummed in a sentence
- Those long ago memories of gnawing sexuality clashing against drummed in prejudice.1978 December 9, Pat M. Kuras, “A Splice of Lesbian Life”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 11
- I was drummed out of the job by slanderous lies.From the entry drum out
- As we were driving home, large spludgy balls of sleet drummed against the roof of the car.1984, Lucy Gore, Diary of a working mum. From the entry spludgy
- The rain drummed hard on the roof of the car and the burbank top began to leak.1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, →ISBN, page 30. From the entry Burbank
- We guitared and drummed and head banged and pianoed.2020, Becky Manawatu, Auē, page 139. From the entry guitar
Meaning of drum
- noun A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
- noun Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
- noun A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
Questions about the past tense of drum
- What is the past tense of drum?
- The past tense of drum is drummed.
- What is the past participle of drum?
- The past participle of drum is drummed.
- Is drum a regular or irregular verb?
- Drum is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: drum (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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