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skull drum

skull drum noun: a drum (musical instrument) made from a thin covering stretched over a hemispherical section of a human skull; also, a damaru made from two skulls.

Noun

skull drum (plural skull drums)

  1. A drum (musical instrument) made from a thin covering stretched over a hemispherical section of a human skull; also, a damaru made from two skulls.
    • These sorcerers summoned the spirits with whom they worked, by blowing on horns made from human thigh bones and beating on skull drums and gongs.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 31

Forms of skull drum

pluralskull drums

Questions about skull drum

What does skull drum mean?
Skull drum means a drum (musical instrument) made from a thin covering stretched over a hemispherical section of a human skull; also, a damaru made from two skulls.
What part of speech is skull drum?
Skull drum is a noun.
What is the plural of skull drum?
The plural of skull drum is skull drums.

Words near skull drum in the dictionary

  1. skull and crossbones
  2. skull base disease
  3. skull base diseases
  4. skull cap
  5. skull caps
  6. skull drum
  7. skull drums
  8. skull fuck
  9. skull fucking
  10. skull session
  11. skull sessions

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