Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who plays a drum, as in a band.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who plays the drum; especially, one who beats time on the drum for military exercises and marching.
- noun One who solicits custom; a traveling salesman; a commercial traveler.
- noun A local name of a large West Indian cockroach, Blatta gigantea, which, in old frame houses, makes a noise at night, by knocking its head against the wood. The sound very much resembles a smart knocking with the knuckle upon the wainscoting.
- noun A horse that beats the air by throwing its fore legs out irregularly as it goes.
- noun Same as
drum , 11. - noun A local English name for a rabbit: so called on account of its habit of beating or drumming upon the earth with the hind feet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One whose office is to best the drum, as in military exercises and marching.
- noun Colloq. U.S. One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler.
- noun (Zoöl.) A fish that makes a sound when caught.
- noun The squeteague.
- noun A California sculpin.
- noun (Zoöl.) A large West Indian cockroach (
Blatta gigantea ) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call.
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- noun music One who plays the
drums . - noun archaic
travelling salesman
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- noun someone who plays a drum
Etymologies
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Examples
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And just as naturally, the drummer is an ex-Marine.
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It reminds me of the cruel but true joke: "you know what you call a drummer without a girlfriend?"
Killer Bees...biblio style Miss Snark 2005
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The redoubtable Artimus Pyle, drummer, is at his crispest.
LYNYRD SKYNYRD : Gimme Back My Bullets « Lynyrd Skynyrd Dixie 2010
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The performance is exceedingly professional and occasionally stirring, mostly when frontman Dougy Mandagi trades vocal wailing for wailing on a floor tom to join drummer Toby Dundas in creating a forceful, percussive rumble.
FreeFest: Drama club with the Temper Trap Click Track 2010
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The redoubtable Artimus Pyle, drummer, is at his crispest.
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You know, my drummer is playing with his hands on the kit, and it's just a very acoustic-based song that way.
Mike Ragogna: Lighting Up and Lifting Off The Ground : Conversations With Shawn Mullins and Chely Wright Mike Ragogna 2010
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At which point Dale blew his top and, screaming "I'll murder him", chased the intrusive Who drummer from the building.
Young Vic at 40: the Young and the restless Michael Billington 2010
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For some, this month and the work of the Ramadan drummer is a source of income otherwise absent in Gaza under complete and strangling siege.
Global Voices in English » Palestine: The Experience Of Ramadan In Gaza 2009
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The legendary drummer is obviously comfortable with Dunn, openly explaining this painful life phase and describing his healing road trip as a “soothing balm.”
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2010
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The duel switches to Sahai and Yoshie Sunahata, a drummer from the Japanese Kodo ensemble.
Gnosis 2010
chained_bear commented on the word drummer
Well, I thought about not posting these, but they're too funny. At least to me (a beginning drummer). Perhaps others should be forewarned that fifers (and presumably other musicians) tell drummer jokes just to get a rise out of them. So here are my two favorites:
Q: What'd the drummer get on his I.Q. test?
A: Drool.
Q: What's the difference between drummers and Dr. Scholl's foot pads?
A: Dr. Scholl's foot pads buck up the feet.
At which point, a drummer hearing these usually says: "Two sticks, two nostrils." And all joke-telling ends.
January 15, 2008
reesetee commented on the word drummer
Haha! Nothing better than some fife & drum humor on a miserable Monday afternoon, c_b.
Or so They tell me. :-)
January 15, 2008
mollusque commented on the word drummer
What do drummers do about fish (see dirhinic)?
January 15, 2008
reesetee commented on the word drummer
I'd imagine not too many fish tell wiseacre drummer jokes. But I could be wrong.
January 15, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word drummer
Mollusque, I think it's fair to say I could never, in a million years, have guessed that that would be the next comment on this page.
I'm still kind of stunned. And I haven't even considered the drummer-joke, or any other, ramifications of having internal nostrils.
January 15, 2008
sionnach commented on the word drummer
In the great ocean of life, you're either a grouper or a groupie.
January 15, 2008
mollusque commented on the word drummer
Group or be groupen?
January 15, 2008
jennarenn commented on the word drummer
Hey c_b,
You misspelled dummer.
;) Jen
January 15, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word drummer
Another drummer joke:
Major Reno rode up to Colonel Custer on the eve of the Little Bighorn massacre and said, "General, there's evidence of a large number of Indians over that ridge and I don't like the sound of those drums."
From the other side of the ridge came a loud cry, "He's not our regular drummer!"
October 25, 2009
bilby commented on the word drummer
I don't have any drummer jokes :-(
October 25, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the word drummer
A European explorer is on safari in deepest Africa, and one night, he hears the sound of drumming off in the distance. "What does the drumming mean?", he asks his native guide. The guide says "It means that the natives are restless."
The next night, they hear the drumming again. It's louder, and closer. Fearfully, the explorer asks again "What does the drumming mean?", and again, the guide replies "It mean that the natives are restless."
The third night, the drumming is even louder and closer, and the explorer, now shaking in his boots, asks a third time "What does the drumming mean?". Again the guide replies "It means that the natives are restless."
"But WHY?!", screams the explorer. "Why are the natives so restless?!"
"Because," the guide says, "they can't stand all this drumming."
October 26, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word drummer
"A local name of a large West Indian cockroach, Blatta gigantea, which, in old frame houses, makes a noise at night, by knocking its head against the wood. The sound very much resembles a smart knocking with the knuckle upon the wainscoting." -- Century Dictionary
August 27, 2014
bilby commented on the word drummer
Spiffing little definition there.
August 29, 2014