Thesaurus results for DRUMS

drums 1 of 2

noun

plural of drum

as in barrels

a metal container in the shape of a cylinder an oil drum

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drums

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verb

present tense third-person singular of drum

as in taps

to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically absentmindedly drumming his fingers on the table

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Recent Examples of drums

Noun

Three 55-gallon drums and other debris were buried underground. — Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026 Walmart confirmed guests would not receive their very own industrial drums of ranch dressing as a souvenir. — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 8 July 2026 Wyman’s solid bass line and Watts’s drums give the song an especially resonant groove. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 July 2026 Whether Spatial surrounds its reggae-toasting host with piles of drums, disorienting electronic beats, or locomotive rock music, Scratch abides as crooner, barker, mystic, meditation coach — whatever the moment requires. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 July 2026 Walworth played drums, bass, and guitar on the LP alongside Hannah Pruzinsky and their Florist bandmate Jonnie Baker. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 7 July 2026 Springsteen’s voice starts weary, nearly monotone, then slowly lifted by a wall of sound (guitars, organ, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, keyboards), culminating in the finest woo-oah‘s known to rock. — Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026 The trailer had piles of debris stacked all around it, including three ladders, four bike frames, eight tires, plywood, 5 gallons of motor oil and five black 55-gallon drums. — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 7 July 2026 The celebration opened with piercing fifes and thundering drums from the Young Patriots Fife & Drum Corps from Pleasanton, as a nod to America's quincentennial. — Brian Hackney, CBS News, 30 June 2026

Verb

Krieger and Densmore, the two surviving members of The Doors, are the backbone of the video, revisiting the signature guitar and drums parts more than a half-century after they were originally laid to wax. — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026 Instead of another room with a priest and young woman growling on the bed, the exorcisms in The Wailing are accompanied by chanting crowds, firepits, and drums beating as a great spectacle is made of the ritual. — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025 The video cuts to Camila, who reads the report outloud as Matthew drums on the bongo and offers his commentary on the report. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025 Some of the pressure on federal lawmakers is also shifting to state-level leaders to fill the gaps as the shutdown drums on. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025 These cues told the robot which drums to strike and when. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2025

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Chinese imports of crude from Iran more than halved in June to about 654,000 barrels a day compared with the prior month, Bloomberg reported.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Iraq wants permission to produce a record 5 million barrels a day coming out of the war, with a long-term aim of getting production up to 7 million barrels a day, Bloomberg reported.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

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Just when things were drifting towards extra-time, Senne Lammens drops a clanger in the Belgium goal and Mikel Merino taps in from close range to give Spain a 2-1 lead.

— Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
Kandi Burruss of The Real Housewives of Atlanta makes a cameo in the show’s final season to play Miss Jay, an investor Mavis taps to help fund a new blazer design.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026

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Cylindrical tins are also handy for storing snacks like chips, nuts, or popcorn.

— Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 1 July 2026
Large cans of jalapeños and taco sauce, tins of jumbo squid, sacks filled with varying flour types, jars of grape leaves, curry paste, pickled ginger, Japanese mayo, lychee in syrup, Mediterranean chocolate candies and a wide variety of ramen noodle packets were among the items on the shelves.

— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026