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How to pronounce “drum”

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Pronunciation guide for drum

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of drum with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Sex, Drums, Rock 'n' RollNICK: So Kenny has drummed on over 60
Definition summary: (music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.

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Sex, Drums, Rock 'n' Roll

NICK: So Kenny has drummed on over 60

[Noun]
(music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
(US) Synonym of construction barrel.
(architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
(architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
(Australia slang) A tip; a piece of information.
(boxing, slang, obsolete) The ear.
[Verb]
(intransitive) To beat a drum.
(ambitransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
(transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
To throb, as the heart.
To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.