drum

/drʌm/ noun [C]

Definition

INSTRUMENT › a round, hollow, musical instrument that you hit with your hands or with sticks: Anna plays the drums.

CONTAINER › a large, round container for holding substances such as oil or chemicals

(Definition of drum noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.