DRUM

Definitions

1. 1. To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.
2. 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. Drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair. W. Irving.
3. 3. To throb, as the heart. [R.] Dryden.
4. 4. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for.