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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Drum \Drum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drummed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Drumming}.]
1. To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a
drum.
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2. 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.
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Drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair.
--W. Irving.
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3. To throb, as the heart. [R.] --Dryden.
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4. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to
draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for.
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