Dream Dictionary

Drums

To dream that you are playing the drums, signifies that you will achieve a prestigious position and have much fame in life.

To see a set of drums in your dream, symbolizes your amicable character and that you are a very likable person.

To hear the beat of a drum in your dream, foretells of a distressed friend calling for your aid.

Dictionary definition

  • n. 1: a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end [syn: drum, membranophone, tympan]
  • 2: the sound of a drum; "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"
  • 3: a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends [syn: barrel, drum]
  • 4: a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids [syn: drum, metal drum]
  • 5: a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes [syn: brake drum, drum]
  • 6: small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise [syn: drum, drumfish]
  • v. 1: make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night" [syn: drum, beat, thrum]
  • 2: play a percussion instrument
  • 3: study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" [syn: cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone]