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

Later, his elementary school music teacher encouraged him to switch from drums to bass. — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 20 July 2026 Four Tet’s sense for sound design shines from crushed 8-bit drums to the hypnotic handpan grooves and sharp synth melodies. — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 19 July 2026 And on Wednesday, here in Atlanta, the Argentines turned a tourist attraction called Underground Atlanta into Underground Argentina, reveling with drums, chants, and dancing after beating England, 2-1, to earn a place in the championship game. — Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2026 During a knockout stage game between Colombia and Ghana, fans of both teams were playing drums, and Argentina supporters had their bombos. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026 The heavy metal musicians, the Volfgang Twins, perform on the double tribal/Viking drums at their live shows. — Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 Composer Ludwig Göransson scores the breath-holding assault on Troy to drums that pound faster and faster on our nerves, as does our alarm that Odysseus’ troops aren’t the good guys. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 Several years after forming, Morbid Angel recorded their first-ever album, Abominations of Desolation, with Browning on lead vocals and drums. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 July 2026 There was so much color, all these beautiful headdresses, and the male dancers were stomping their legs to mimic the drums. — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 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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Noun

According to Saudi Aramco, the oil refinery in Jizan is designed to process up to 400,000 barrels per day.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
Triple Char means that the barrels the bourbon was aged in were charred for three times as long as usual, which is supposed to bring out even more flavors from the wood (the charring process is really what makes bourbon bourbon, after all).

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 26 July 2026

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That effort taps Framatome’s existing Nuclear Regulatory Commission license to streamline the regulatory transition from fuel fabrication to commercial shipment.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026
The camera is in position to see Cena’s sly smile and taps on Gunther’s forearm just so.

— Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026