drum vs tattoo

drum

verb
  • To beat a drum. 

  • 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 drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization. 

noun
  • 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 

  • 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. 

tattoo

verb
  • To tap rhythmically on, to drum. 

  • To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball. 

  • To apply a tattoo to (someone or something). 

noun
  • A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters. 

  • A military display or pageant. 

  • A pony of a certain breed from India. 

  • An image made in the skin with ink and a needle. 

  • A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle). 

  • A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out). 

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