DRUM (2)

drum (2). Drum, v.i. to beat a drum, beat, knock, lay on

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Drum, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drummed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drumming.] 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. Dryden.
4. 4. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; — with for.