Scrabble & Words with friends points
- drum is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
- drum is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
- drum is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9
Definition of drum
- a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends (noun)
Synonyms
- barrel
- a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes (noun)
Synonyms
- brake drum
- make a rhythmic sound (verb)
Examples
- Rain drummed against the windshield
- The drums beat all night
Synonyms
- beat
- thrum
- small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise (noun)
Synonyms
- drumfish
- study intensively, as before an exam (verb)
Synonyms
- bone
- bone up
- cram
- get up
- grind away
- mug up
- swot
- swot up
- a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids (noun)
Synonyms
- metal drum
- a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end (noun)
Synonyms
- membranophone
- tympan
- play a percussion instrument (verb)
- the sound of a drum (noun)
Examples
- he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes
See definition of drum in Merriam Webster