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Is drum a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word drum is a Scrabble US word. The word drum is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (1 found)

DRUM,

3-letter words (5 found)

DUM,MUD,RUD,RUM,URD,

2-letter words (3 found)

MU,UM,UR,

You can make 9 words from drum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of drum

drum

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɹʌm/, [dʒɹʷɐm]
  • Rhymes: -ʌm

Etymology 1

Perhaps back-formation from drumslade (“drummer”), from Middle Dutch trommelslach (“drumbeat”), from trommel (“drum”) + slach (“beat”) (Dutch slag).

Or perhaps borrowed directly from a continental Germanic language; compare Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”) et al. Compare also Middle High German trumme, trumbe (“drum”), Old High German trumba (“trumpet”).

Noun

drum (plural drums)

  2. (music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
    Synonym: (slang) skins
    Hypernym: percussion instrument
  3. Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
  5. A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
  6. (US) Synonym of construction barrel
  8. (architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
  9. (architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
  10. A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
  11. (Australia slang) A tip; a piece of information.
  12. (boxing, slang, obsolete) The ear.
Usage notes
  • When used in the plural, "drums" or "the drums" often specifically means a drum kit as used for contemporary styles such as rock or jazz; a classical percussionist would be very unlikely to say that they "play the drums" on a piece, even if the only parts they play are, indeed, drums (as opposed to marimba, xylophone, or similar.)
Derived terms
Translations
See also
  • percussion

Verb

drum (third-person singular simple present drums, present participle drumming, simple past and past participle drummed)

  1. (intransitive) To beat a drum.
  2. (ambitransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
  3. (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
  4. To throb, as the heart.
  5. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
  6. Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Irish druim, Scottish Gaelic druim (“back, ridge”).

Noun

drum (plural drums)

  1. (now rare) A small hill or ridge of hills.
Usage notes
  • Mainly encountered in place names, such as Drumglass and Drumsheugh.

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

drum (plural drums)

  1. (now historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening. [from 18th c.]
    • Folio Society 1973, page 631:
  2. (slang, chiefly UK) A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel. [from 19th c.]
Derived terms
  • drummer (housebreaker; travelling salesman)

Etymology 4

Shortening.

Noun

drum (plural drums)

  1. (informal) A drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc).

References

  • “drum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • drumu

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road, track”). Compare Romanian drum.

Noun

drum n (plural drumuri)

  1. road

Synonyms

  • cali, sucachi

See also

  • cãrari

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English drum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /drʏm/
  • Hyphenation: drum
  • Rhymes: -ʏm

Noun

drum m (plural drums, diminutive drummetje n)

  1. (music) drum, usually one belonging to a drum kit

Synonyms

  • trommel

Derived terms

  • drumstel

German

Pronunciation

Adverb

drum

  1. Contraction of darum.

Further reading

  • “drum” in Duden online
  • “drum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

Etymology

From the tobacco brand.

Noun

drum m (invariable)

  1. roll-your-own cigarette

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek δρόμος (drómos).

Noun

drum n (plural drumur)

  1. road

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road, track”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrum/
  • Hyphenation: drum

Noun

drum n (plural drumuri)

  1. road

Declension

Related terms

See also

  • stradă
  • cale
  • cărare
  • șosea

Further reading

Language in Danger Andrew Dalby, 2003

  • “drum”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek δρόμος (drómos, “road, track”).

Noun

drȕm m (Cyrillic spelling дру̏м)

  1. road

Declension


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