| drum | |
| 1. sost. (musica) tamburo | |
| to play the drum - suonare il tamburo | |
| the sound of a drum - il suono di un tamburo | |
| 2. sost. (al plurale, the drums) (musica) tamburi, batteria | |
| he plays the drums in a band - suona la batteria in un gruppo | |
| 3. sost. (per estensione) fusto, bidone, barile | |
| a 50-gallon drum - un bidone da 50 galloni | |
| 4. sost. (parte di un macchinario) cilindro, tamburo | |
| a rotating drum - un cilindro rotante | |
| 5. verb. tamburellare, tambureggiare | |
| he was drumming his fingers on the table - stava tamburellando le dita sul tavolo | |
| inglese > inglese | |
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| drumming | |
| 1. subst. The act of beating a drum. |  |
| 2. subst. A noise resembling that of a drum being beaten. | |
| 3. subst. In many species of catfish, the sound produced by contraction of specialized sonic muscles with subsequent reverberation through the swim bladder. | |
