drum
drumfish | small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise |
striped drum
Equetus pulcher | a kind of drumfish |
red drum
channel bass
redfish Sciaenops ocellatus | large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico |
accelerator accelerator pedal
gas pedal
gas
throttle gun | a pedal that controls the throttle valve, he stepped on the gas |
bass drum
gran casa | a large drum with two heads, makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch |
bongo
bongo drum | a small drum, played with the hands |
brake drum
drum | a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes |
| brake pedal | foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder |
| clutch clutch pedal | a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism, he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other |
drum
membranophone
tympan | a musical percussion instrument, usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end |
| drum metal drum | a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids |
| drum brake | hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoe |
| drum printer | a line printer in which the type is mounted on a rotating drum that contains a full character set for each printing position |
drum sander
electric sander
sander
smoother | a power tool used for sanding wood, an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor |
pedal
treadle
foot pedal
foot lever | a lever that is operated with the foot |
pedal pusher
toreador pants | snug trousers ending at the calves, worn by women and girls |
snare drum
snare side drum | a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head |
| soft pedal | a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound |
| steel drum | a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum, has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin) |
sustaining pedal
loud pedal | a pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibrating |
tenor drum
tom-tom | any of various drums with small heads |
vertebrate foot
pedal extremity | the extremity of the limb in vertebrates |
pedal point
pedal | a sustained bass note |
| drum | the sound of a drum, he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes |
paradiddle
roll drum roll | the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously |
| drum major | the leader of a marching band or drum corps |
drum majorette
majorette | a female drum major |
| drum majorette majorette | a female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band |
barrel
drum | a bulging cylindrical shape, hollow with flat ends |
cram
grind away
drum
bone up
swot
get up
mug up
swot up
bone | study intensively, as before an exam, I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam |
| soft-pedal | play down or obscure, His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder |
beat up
drum up
rally | gather, drum up support |
| pedal | operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument |
| drum | play a percussion instrument |
bicycle
cycle bike
pedal
wheel | ride a bicycle |
drum
beat
thrum | make a rhythmic sound, Rain drummed against the windshield, The drums beat all night |
oust
throw out
drum out
boot out
kick out
expel | remove from a position or office, The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds |
drum-shaped
drum-like | shaped in a form resembling a drum |
| pedal | of or relating to the feet, the word for a pedal extremity is `foot' |