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Drummer

/ˈdɹʌmə(ɹ)/

One who plays the drums.

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noun
  1. 1

    One who plays the drums.

  2. 2

    Travelling salesman

  3. 3

    A drumstick (the lower part of a chicken or turkey leg).

  4. 4

    Any of various fish of the family Kyphosidae which make a drumming sound.

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drummingnounThe act of beating a drum.
drumnoun(music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
bassnounA low spectrum of sound tones.
heynoun(country dancing) A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately.
swingnounThe act, or an instance, of swinging.
hitternounOne who or that which hits.
batternoun(cooking, countable, uncountable) A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying.
batterynoun(electricity, electronics, countable) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.
reelnounA kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
batsmannoun(cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
percussionistnounA trained musician who plays percussion instruments, as opposed to a drummer who lacks formal training.
timekeepernounA device that shows the time; a timepiece.
tubthumpernounSomeone who promotes something aggressively.
sticksmannoun(rare) A male drummer.
drummistnoun(rare) A drummer; someone who plays a drum.
timpanistnounSomeone who plays the timpani.
rhythmistnounA musician who plays the rhythm.
kettledrummernounA musician who plays the kettledrum.
kitmannoun
beatmakernounA music producer in hip-hop etc., responsible for constructing a beat and melody (often composed of samples).

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