drum up
To generate or encourage; to campaign for.
The candidate gave speeches, shook hands, and kissed babies in an effort to drum up support before the election.
drum
/ˈdɹʌm/
noun 9verb 5name 5
Collocations
6(noun.)
ADJ
bass, kettle, side, snare
VERB + DRUM
bang, beat, hit
DRUM + NOUN
kit, machine | beat, pattern, rhythm, roll | major, majorette
PHRASES
a roll of drums
Definitions
noun
1
A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
He's playing the piano and she's playing the drums!
In the Province of Xenſi, near the City Vucung, is a Hill called Taipe, which if a Drum be beaten upon it, preſently followeth Thunder, Lightning, and ſtormy weather, inſomuch that the Magiſtrates have forbidden all perſons upon pain of death to beat any Drum there.
2
Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
Replace the drum unit of your printer.
3
A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums.
4
Synonym of construction barrel.
5
The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
verb
1
To beat a drum.
2
To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
The ruffed grouse drums with his wings.
drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair
3
To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
He’s still trying to drum Spanish verb conjugations into my head.
Those long ago memories of gnawing sexuality clashing against drummed in prejudice.
4
To throb, as the heart.
Now, heart, […]thou shalt drum no more.
5
To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
noun
1
A small hill or ridge of hills.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
march to the beat of a different drum
To do things in one's own way regardless of societal norms and conventional expectations.
Siegfried and Roy, two nuts from Germany, are out of their wealthy little minds. They live in a mansion whose ceiling is painted like the Sistine Chapel, with either Siegfried or R
drum out
To remove, especially unfairly, from an organization or position of responsibility.
I was drummed out of the job by slanderous lies.
on the drum
Money in the form of paper currency or coins, paid immediately at the time and place of a transaction, especially to a soldier as pay or bonuses.
drum into
To repeat something to a (person) until they accept, remember or understand it.
Example Bank
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He's playing the piano and she's playing the drums!
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In the Province of Xenſi, near the City Vucung, is a Hill called Taipe, which if a Drum be beaten upon it, preſently followeth Thunder, Lightning, and ſtormy weather, inſomuch that the Magiſtrates hav
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The group played huge drums placed overhead, along with flutes and a kotolike zither.
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The ruffed grouse drums with his wings.
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drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair
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He’s still trying to drum Spanish verb conjugations into my head.
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