A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection.
A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).
An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.
A wooden footstool.
An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.
In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
To play the game of cricket.
The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
A tip; a piece of information.
A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
Synonym of construction barrel
A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel.
A drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc).
A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
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.
To beat a drum.
To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.