Clues for the word "DRUM"
We've had 164 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 307 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on February 16, 2026.
Definition of 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; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band.
- n. - Anything resembling a drum in form
- 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.
- n. - A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are packed.
- n. - The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane.
- n. - One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal in plan, carrying a cupola or dome.
- 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; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound.
- n. - See Drumfish.
- n. - A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a private house; a rout.
- n. - A tea party; a kettledrum.
- v. i. - To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.
- v. i. - To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his wings.
- v. i. - To throb, as the heart.
- v. i. - To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for.
- v. t. - To execute on a drum, as a tune.
- v. t. - (With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum; as, to drum out a deserter or rogue from a camp, etc.
- v. t. - (With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up recruits; to drum up customers.
Referring Clues
- Tom-tom
- Beat it!
- Snare, maybe
- Oil container
- It takes a beating
- Bongo, for one
- Bongo or conga
- Roll maker?
- Large barrel
- Big barrel
- A rock band's name often appears on it
- Oil holder
- Bongo, e.g.
- Run (out of)
- Fife's companion
- Rhythm instrument
- Kind of brake
- Instrument for Gene Krupa
- Word before head or beat
- Ear part
- Ear piece?
- You can beat it with a stick
- You can beat it
- It's frequently beaten
- Instrument that takes a beating
- Snare or bass
- Kick (out)
- Snare ___
- Beat it
- Cylindrical container
- Fife companion
- Tap rhythmically
- Beat keeper
- Rhythm keeper
- Percussion instrument
- "Spirit of '76" instrument
- Jazz instrument
- What to do when told to "beat it!"
- Tom-tom, e.g.
- Oil barrel
- Snare or bass, e.g.
- Epitome of tightness
- Word with kettle or steel
- Where a band's name might appear
- 19-Across holder
- Tabor
- Jazz combo member
- Dismiss, with "out"
- What to do when told to "beat it!"
- Snare ___
- Beat or roll source
- "Spirit of '76" instrument
- Kettle or snare
- Marching band need
- Snare, for one
- ___ major
- Snare, e.g.
- Tap one's fingers
- The ____ ( Southern Alberta city to some)
- Snare or tom-tom
- Marching-band instrument
- Conga, e.g.
- Tambour
- Tympanic membrane
- Musical instrument
- 'Spirit of '76' instrument
- Band need
- Oil container
- Snare or bongo
- Occupy Wall Street instrument
- Beat-keeping instrument
- "Ear" or "hum" follower
- Beaten instrument
- Marching band instrument
- Tap on a table
- Instrument that's beaten
- Tom-tom or snare
- Bass or snare
- Starr-struck one?
- Tom-tom, for one
- It was Starr struck
- Fife accompaniment
- Thing to beat
- One expected to get beaten
- One to beat
- Beat maker
- Starr-struck object?
- One frequently hit on the head?
- Show impatience, as with the fingers
- Metal container
- Conga or bongo
- Bongo or tom-tom
- Snare
- See 57 Down
- Item in Zak Starkey's kit
- Recipient of a beating
- Refinery container
- Steel ___
- Tom-tom or bongo, e.g.
- Bongo
- Instrument to bang
- Band instrument you may beat
- Make a rhythmic sound
- Instrument used in samba and rumba
- Duke with odd instrument
- Part of Ringo's kit
- See 18
- Todd Rundgren wants to "Bang" his
- Beat
- It takes a lot of beating
- Beats introducing performer's speciality act?
- Crude container
- Primarily despondent spirit for one getting beaten
- See 16
- (Revolving) cylinder
- Beat departed spirit
- Democratic spirit that is beaten
- Unusual to interrupt comical introduction
- Washing machine part
- Photocopier part
- Floor tom, for one
- Band major
- Holder of raffle entry slips, maybe
- Many a membranophone
- Beat rhythmically
- NCO and daughter having drink with PM once
- Close to old and strange house
- One's beaten the house, some say
- Container
- Tom-tom or bongo
- Starr-struck one?
- Beat the skins
- Musical instrument possibly containing oil?
- Old racehorse not about to be beat
- Source of Heart beats?
- Work the snare and tom-toms
- It's made to be beat
- Fife's partner
- Conga or djembe
- -
- Washer cylinder
- One of Ringo's set
- A major instrument
- Instrument with a head
- Instrument in a kit
- Instrument for Cindy Blackman Santana
- Originate, with "up"
- Band instrument
- Ringo's instrument
- Instrument played with sticks
- Generate, with "up"
- Devise, with "up"
- Beat this
- Instrument for Senri Kawaguchi
- Djembe or conga, e.g.
- Successfully solicit, with "up"
- See 1-Across
- Instrument with a kick variety
- Bongo or snare
- Djembe or timpani
- Tabla or bongo
- Dundunba or conga
- Taiko or snare
- Conga, for one
Last Seen In
- New York Times - February 16, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - February 14, 2026
- Daily American - January 29, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - December 17, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 09, 2025
- Daily American - October 04, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 22, 2025
- LA Times - June 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 22, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 01, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 03, 2025
- Daily American - March 01, 2025
- Daily American - January 09, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 24, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 21, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - December 17, 2024
- Daily American - October 11, 2024
- Daily American - September 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 11, 2024
- New York Times - August 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 19, 2024
- New York Times - July 07, 2024
- USA Today - July 06, 2024
- USA Today - June 02, 2024
- Daily American - April 17, 2024
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