drum vs saddleback

drum

noun
  • A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone. 

  • A drumfish (family Sciaenidae). 

  • Any similar hollow, cylindrical object. 

  • A tip; a piece of information. 

  • 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 

  • The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • 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. 

saddleback

noun
  • The harp seal. 

  • A breed of pig which is black with a pink saddle-shaped marking. 

  • A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end. 

  • An anticline. 

  • A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges. 

  • The bird Philesturnus carunculatis. 

  • The great black-backed gull. 

  • The larva of the bombycid moth. 

  • A raccoon oyster. 

  • A variety of domestic goose. 

  • A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks. 

  • Any of various creatures having a saddle-shaped marking on the back. 

verb
  • To engage in anal sex with the intention of preserving one's virginity (chiefly by Christian teenagers) 

adj
  • saddle-backed 

adv
  • saddle-backed 

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