Bass drum
() The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. See Bass, a. |
Drum
(n.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick |
Drum
(n.) Anything resembling a drum in form |
Drum
(n.) A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum, for warming an apartment by means of heat received from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam, etc. |
Drum
(n.) A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are packed. |
Drum
(n.) The tympanum of the ear |
Drum
(n.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed |
Drum
(n.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery |
Drum
(n.) See Drumfish. |
Drum
(n.) A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a private house |
Drum
(n.) A tea party |
Drum
(v. i.) To beat a drum with sticks |
Drum
(v. i.) To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks |
Drum
(v. i.) To throb, as the heart. |
Drum
(v. i.) To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc, |
Drum
(v. t.) To execute on a drum, as a tune. |
Drum
(v. t.) (With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum |
Drum
(v. t.) (With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum |
Drum major
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Drum major
() The chief or first drummer of a regiment |
Drum major
() The marching leader of a military band. |
Drum major
() A noisy gathering. [R.] See under Drum, n., 4. |
Mahl-stick
(n.) See Maul-stick. |
Maul-stick
(n.) A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while working. |
Poking-stick
(n.) A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs. |
Stick
(v. t.) A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub |
Stick
(v. t.) Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with tools |
Stick
(v. t.) Anything shaped like a stick |
Stick
(v. t.) A derogatory expression for a person |
Stick
(v. t.) A composing stick. See under Composing. It is usually a frame of metal, but for posters, handbills, etc., one made of wood is used. |
Stick
(v. t.) A thrust with a pointed instrument |
Stick
(n.) To penetrate with a pointed instrument |
Stick
(n.) To cause to penetrate |
Stick
(n.) To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in |
Stick
(n.) To set |
Stick
(n.) To set with something pointed |
Stick
(n.) To fix on a pointed instrument |
Stick
(n.) To attach by causing to adhere to the surface |
Stick
(n.) To compose |
Stick
(n.) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck. |
Stick
(n.) To cause to stick |
Stick
(n.) To impose upon |
Stick
(v. i.) To adhere |
Stick
(v. i.) To remain where placed |
Stick
(v. i.) To be prevented from going farther |
Stick
(v. i.) To be embarrassed or puzzled |
Stick
(v. i.) To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation. |
Stick-lac
(n.) See the Note under Lac. |
Stick-seed
(n.) A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutlets. |
Stick-tight
(n.) Beggar's ticks. |
| stick | threat of a penalty, the policy so far is all stick and no carrot |
walking stick
walkingstick
stick insect | any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies |
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 |
bass drum
gran casa | a large drum with two heads, makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch |
B-flat clarinet
licorice stick | the ordinary clarinet with a middle range |
bongo
bongo drum | a small drum, played with the hands |
boomerang
throwing stick
throw stick | a curved piece of wood, when properly thrown will return to thrower |
brake drum
drum | a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes |
cue
cue stick
pool cue
pool stick | sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards |
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 |
| hockey stick | sports implement consisting of a stick used by hockey players to move the puck |
joint
marijuana cigarette
reefer
stick spliff | marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking |
measuring stick
measure
measuring rod | measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals, used as a reference in making measurements |
| pogo stick | plaything consisting of a pole with foot rests and a strong spring, propelled by jumping |
polo mallet
polo stick | a mallet used to strike the ball in polo |
| rain stick | a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends, makes the sound of falling rain when tilted, origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain |
| shooting stick | device that resembles a spiked walking stick but the top opens into a seat |
singlestick
fencing stick
backsword | a stick used instead of a sword for fencing |
| size stick | a mechanical measuring stick used by shoe fitters to measure the length and width of your foot |
snare drum
snare side drum | a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head |
standard transmission
stick shift | a transmission that is operated manually with a gear lever and a clutch pedal |
| 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) |
| stick | an implement consisting of a length of wood, he collected dry sticks for a campfire, the kid had a candied apple on a stick |
| stick | a long thin implement resembling a length of wood, cinnamon sticks, a stick of dynamite |
stick control stick
joystick | a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane |
| stick | a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball |
| stick figure | drawing of a human or animal that represents the head by a circle and the rest of the body by straight lines |
| stick horse | a child's plaything consisting on an imitation horse's head on one end of a stick |
| swagger stick | a short cane or stick covered with leather and carried by army officers |
| swizzle stick | a small stick used to stir mixed drinks |
sword cane
sword stick | a cane concealing a sword or dagger |
tenor drum
tom-tom | any of various drums with small heads |
throwing stick throwing board
spear thrower
dart thrower | a device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear |
| walking stick | a stick carried in the hand for support in walking |
pin
peg
stick | informal terms for the leg, fever left him weak on his sticks |
| big stick | a display of force or power, speak softly but carry a big stick |
| 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 |
fish stick
fish finger | a long fillet of fish breaded and fried |
breadstick
bread-stick | a crisp stick-shaped roll, often served with soup |
| celery stick | celery stalks cut into small sticks |
| carrot stick | a stick of carrot eaten raw |
| stick cinnamon | dried rolled strips of cinnamon bark |
| stick | a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine |