Drum vs. Ruffle

Drumnoun

A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber, affecting what materials are used to make it; a membranophone.

Drumnoun

Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.

Drumnoun

In particular, a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.

Drumnoun

A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.

Drumnoun

(architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola

Drumnoun

(architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar

Drumnoun

A drumfish.

Drumnoun

A person's home.

Drumnoun

A tip, a piece of information.

Drumnoun

A small hill or ridge of hills.

Drumverb

(intransitive) To beat a drum.

Drumverb

(ambitransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.

Drumverb

(transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.

Drumverb

To throb, as the heart.

Drumverb

To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.

Drumnoun

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.

Drumnoun

Anything resembling a drum in form

Drumnoun

See Drumfish.

Drumnoun

A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a private house; a rout.

Drumnoun

A tea party; a kettledrum.

Drumverb

To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.

Drumverb

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.

Drumverb

To throb, as the heart.

Drumverb

To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; - with for.

Drumverb

To execute on a drum, as a tune.

Drumverb

With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum; as, to drum out a deserter or rogue from a camp, etc.

Drumverb

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.

Drumnoun

a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretch across each end

Drumnoun

the sound of a drum;

Drumnoun

a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

Drumnoun

a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids

Drumnoun

a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

Drumnoun

small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

Drumverb

make a rhythmic sound;

Drumverb

play a percussion instrument

Drumverb

study intensively, as before an exam;

Drumnoun

a percussion instrument sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands, typically cylindrical, barrel-shaped, or bowl-shaped, with a taut membrane over one or both ends

Drumnoun

a drum kit

Drumnoun

the percussion section of a band or orchestra.

Drumnoun

a sound made by or resembling that of a drum

Drumnoun

a military drummer.

Drumnoun

a cylindrical container or receptacle

Drumnoun

a rotating cylindrical part in a washing machine, in which the washing is placed.

Drumnoun

a cylindrical part in certain other appliances.

Drumnoun

the circular vertical wall supporting a dome.

Drumnoun

a stone block forming part of a column.

Drumnoun

a tramp's bundle of belongings.

Drumnoun

a house or flat.

Drumnoun

an evening or afternoon tea party of a kind that was popular in the late 18th and early 19th century

Drumnoun

a piece of reliable inside information

Drumnoun

a long, narrow hill, especially one separating two parallel valleys.

Drumnoun

a fish that makes a drumming sound by vibrating its swim bladder, found mainly in estuarine and shallow coastal waters.

Drumverb

play on a drum

Drumverb

make a continuous rhythmic noise

Drumverb

beat (the fingers, feet, etc.) repeatedly on a surface, especially as a sign of impatience or annoyance

Drumverb

(of a woodpecker) strike the bill rapidly on a dead trunk or branch, especially as a sound indicating a territorial claim

Drumverb

(of a snipe) vibrate the outer tail feathers in a diving display flight, making a throbbing sound

Drumverb

give (someone) reliable information or a warning

Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone.

Rufflenoun

Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.

Rufflenoun

Disturbance; agitation; commotion.

Rufflenoun

(military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.

Rufflenoun

(zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur''.

Ruffleverb

(transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.

Ruffleverb

(transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.

Ruffleverb

(intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.

Ruffleverb

(intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.

Ruffleverb

(intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.

Ruffleverb

To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.

Ruffleverb

To erect in a ruff, as feathers.

Ruffleverb

(military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.

Ruffleverb

To throw together in a disorderly manner.

Ruffleverb

To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.

Ruffleverb

To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.

Ruffleverb

To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.

Ruffleverb

To erect in a ruff, as feathers.

Ruffleverb

To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.

Ruffleverb

To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.

Ruffleverb

To throw into disorder or confusion.

Ruffleverb

To throw together in a disorderly manner.

Ruffleverb

To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.

Ruffleverb

To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.

Ruffleverb

To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.

Rufflenoun

That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.

Rufflenoun

A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.

Rufflenoun

A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; - called also ruff.

Rufflenoun

The connected series of large egg capsules, or oöthecæ, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Oötheca.

Rufflenoun

a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

Rufflenoun

a high tight collar

Rufflenoun

a noisy fight

Ruffleverb

stir up (water) so as to form ripples

Ruffleverb

trouble or vex;

Ruffleverb

to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others;

Ruffleverb

discompose;

Ruffleverb

twitch or flutter;

Ruffleverb

mix so as to make a random order or arrangement;

Ruffleverb

erect or fluff up;

Ruffleverb

disturb the smoothness of;

Ruffleverb

pleat or gather into a ruffle;

Ruffleverb

disorder or disarrange (someone's hair), typically by running one's hands through it

Ruffleverb

(of a bird) erect (its feathers) in anger or display

Ruffleverb

disturb the smoothness or tranquillity of

Ruffleverb

disconcert or upset the composure of (someone)

Ruffleverb

ornament with or gather into a frill

Rufflenoun

an ornamental gathered or goffered frill of lace or other cloth on a garment, especially around the wrist or neck.

Rufflenoun

a vibrating drum beat.