--- title: D — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 57 description: The 1197 words of the English dictionary under D, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/57/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / D # D — The English dictionary · page 57 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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Modern English, meaning 1:* «droppest» means «you drop», a form of «drop».[↗](../../droppest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To drop is to let something fall from your hand; what you drop is lost to you.[↗](../../droppest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "My lord King!" says the Queen, "tell me wherefore thou droppest bitter tears?"[↗](../../droppest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) **dropping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dropping means letting something fall, or falling.[↗](../../dropping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Dropping means becoming lower or less, like dropping temperatures.[↗](../../dropping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Droppings are the poo of animals and birds.[↗](../../dropping/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Dropping someone off means taking them somewhere in a car and leaving them there.[↗](../../dropping/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To drop a curtsey means to bend the knees and lower the body as a polite greeting.[↗](../../dropping/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stop dropping crumbs on the floor\![↗](../../dropping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The temperature is dropping fast tonight.[↗](../../dropping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is dropping me off at school.[↗](../../dropping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There were bird droppings on the car.[↗](../../dropping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mouse droppings show there are mice in the house.[↗](../../dropping/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He kept dropping the ball.[↗](../../dropping/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I was dropping off to sleep when the phone rang.[↗](../../dropping/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘If you please, sire,’ said the Princess, dropping a curtsey.[↗](../../dropping/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike; (Writings PRO.27.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dropping/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.[↗](../../dropping/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.19.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dropping/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as banks of sweet herbs; his lips are as lilies, dropping with flowing myrrh.[↗](../../dropping/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.5.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dropping/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **droppings** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The solid waste (poo) of animals and birds.[↗](../../droppings/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Dirt or rubbish that falls down from above, such as from a gutter.[↗](../../droppings/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We found rabbit droppings in the field.[↗](../../droppings/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bird droppings landed on the car.[↗](../../droppings/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mouse droppings showed us there were mice in the shed.[↗](../../droppings/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't touch animal droppings.[↗](../../droppings/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands after cleaning the guinea pig's cage.[↗](../../droppings/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Owl pellets are not droppings.[↗](../../droppings/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He had jumped into the dust-bin, where all sorts of rubbish were lying: cabbage-stalks, dust, and rain-droppings that had fallen down from the gutter under the roof.[↗](../../droppings/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **dross** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The waste scum that rises when metal is melted and that is thrown away.[↗](../../dross/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.[↗](../../dross/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.1.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dross/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Burning lips and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.[↗](../../dross/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.26.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dross/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross; therefore I love Thy testimonies.[↗](../../dross/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.119, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dross/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **drought** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A long period of time with little or no rain, so the land becomes very dry and water is scarce.[↗](../../drought/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A long time without something that is needed or wanted: «a goal drought».[↗](../../drought/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The drought dried up the farm dam.[↗](../../drought/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many crops died during the drought.[↗](../../drought/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cacti are drought-resistant plants.[↗](../../drought/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There's a hosepipe ban because of the drought.[↗](../../drought/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (Australia) Farmers struggled through a long drought.[↗](../../drought/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The striker ended his goal drought with a brilliant header.[↗](../../drought/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · When a drought was impending, he scattered the peasant's seed-corn over a swamp; when a wet season was at hand, he sowed the slopes of the hills.[↗](../../drought/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus I was: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.[↗](../../drought/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drought/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with drought, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.[↗](../../drought/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drought/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts.[↗](../../drought/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.14.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drought/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.[↗](../../drought/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.13.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drought/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so doth the nether-world those that have sinned.[↗](../../drought/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.24.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drought/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **drove** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Drove is the past of drive: yesterday he drove the car.[↗](../../drove/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A drove is a group of animals, like cattle or sheep, moving together.[↗](../../drove/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «In droves» means in very large numbers.[↗](../../drove/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He drove 150 miles.[↗](../../drove/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She drove for 3 hours at 50 miles an hour.[↗](../../drove/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They drove to the lake and back.[↗](../../drove/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How far did they drive in all?[↗](../../drove/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa drove us to the zoo.[↗](../../drove/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · People came in droves to see the parade.[↗](../../drove/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A drove of cattle crossed the road.[↗](../../drove/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · One day, he drove to the forest.[↗](../../drove/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.[↗](../../drove/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.15.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drove/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.[↗](../../drove/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.2.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drove/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they took the towns thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.[↗](../../drove/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.21.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drove/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · A Psalm of David; when he changed his demeanour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.[↗](../../drove/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.34.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drove/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.[↗](../../drove/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.15.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drove/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Ephraim drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.[↗](../../drove/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.1.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drove/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **drover** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A drover is a person who moves cattle or sheep from one place to another on foot, often over long distances.[↗](../../drover/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Drovers were common long ago, and still work in places like Australia.[↗](../../drover/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The drover had 120 sheep.[↗](../../drover/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He drove the cattle 15 miles a day.[↗](../../drover/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The drover lost 6 cows on the way.[↗](../../drover/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many days to go 90 miles?[↗](../../drover/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The drover rode a horse beside the herd.[↗](../../drover/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Australian drovers moved cattle across the outback.[↗](../../drover/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The drover's dog kept the sheep together.[↗](../../drover/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Many guests were present--horse dealers, cattle drovers, and two Englishmen.[↗](../../drover/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **drown** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To drown means to die because you are under water and cannot breathe.[↗](../../drown/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To drown someone or something means to kill them by keeping them under water.[↗](../../drown/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To drown out a sound means to be so loud that the other sound cannot be heard.[↗](../../drown/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To drown can mean to have too much of something: drowning in homework.[↗](../../drown/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* People can drown in very shallow water, so never leave a baby alone in the bath.[↗](../../drown/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Learn to swim so you are safer in the water.[↗](../../drown/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If you see someone drowning, shout for help and throw them something that floats.[↗](../../drown/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The music drowned out our voices.[↗](../../drown/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The lifeguard saved a boy who was drowning.[↗](../../drown/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm drowning in homework this week\![↗](../../drown/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants can drown if you give them too much water.[↗](../../drown/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Never swim alone in a lake or river.[↗](../../drown/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it; if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, he would utterly be contemned.[↗](../../drown/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.8.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drown/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **drowse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To drowse is to be sleepy and half asleep.[↗](../../drowse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) To drowse can mean to slip gently into a quiet, dreamy state.[↗](../../drowse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat began to drowse in the warm sun.[↗](../../drowse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hum of bees made the children drowse.[↗](../../drowse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old dog drowsed by the fire all evening.[↗](../../drowse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **drowsily** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Drowsily means in a sleepy way, slow and half awake.[↗](../../drowsily/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Here it is," Ana said drowsily.[↗](../../drowsily/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He sat up drowsily and rubbed his eyes.[↗](../../drowsily/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby blinked drowsily at the light.[↗](../../drowsily/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **drowsiness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Drowsiness is the feeling of being sleepy and only half awake, with heavy eyelids.[↗](../../drowsiness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This medicine may cause drowsiness.[↗](../../drowsiness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A warm room and a long film filled me with drowsiness.[↗](../../drowsiness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Drowsiness while driving is dangerous.[↗](../../drowsiness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After lunch, a wave of drowsiness came over the class.[↗](../../drowsiness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Drowsiness is a sign that you need more sleep.[↗](../../drowsiness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat yawned in drowsiness on the windowsill.[↗](../../drowsiness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But, half way home, a great drowsiness came over him; he put down his pitcher, lay down, and fell asleep.[↗](../../drowsiness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.[↗](../../drowsiness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.23.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../drowsiness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **drowsy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Drowsy means sleepy, when your eyes feel heavy and you could easily fall asleep.[↗](../../drowsy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A drowsy place or time is quiet and slow, making people feel sleepy, like a warm summer afternoon.[↗](../../drowsy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (medicine) Some medicines can make you drowsy; the label warns you not to drive or use machines.[↗](../../drowsy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After the big lunch I felt drowsy.[↗](../../drowsy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The drowsy cat curled up by the fire.[↗](../../drowsy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · This medicine may make you drowsy.[↗](../../drowsy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a drowsy Sunday, and nobody wanted to do anything.[↗](../../drowsy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum said drowsy drivers should stop and rest.[↗](../../drowsy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby gave a drowsy yawn.[↗](../../drowsy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The warm classroom made everyone drowsy.[↗](../../drowsy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He answered drowsily from under the blanket.[↗](../../drowsy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The relief from pain and hunger made me drowsy, and presently I fell asleep.[↗](../../drowsy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **drubbing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A drubbing is a hard beating, given as a punishment or in a fight.[↗](../../drubbing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) A drubbing can mean a crushing defeat in a contest.[↗](../../drubbing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The naughty boy got a drubbing from his angry father.[↗](../../drubbing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat gave the fox a sound drubbing.[↗](../../drubbing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After the match, the losing team had a terrible drubbing.[↗](../../drubbing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **drudgery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Drudgery is hard, dull work that goes on and on, work that nobody enjoys.[↗](../../drudgery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Washing up every night is drudgery.[↗](../../drudgery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The poor boy was kept busy with endless drudgery.[↗](../../drudgery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cleaning all the floors by hand is hard drudgery.[↗](../../drudgery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **drug** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A medicine used to treat or prevent an illness.[↗](../../drug/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A substance that changes how the body or mind works and that people may take in a harmful or illegal way.[↗](../../drug/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To give someone or an animal a drug to make them sleep or unable to act.[↗](../../drug/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The doctor gave her a drug to stop the pain.[↗](../../drug/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never take pills or drugs from a stranger.[↗](../../drug/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The new drug was tested for years.[↗](../../drug/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum bought plasters at the drugstore.[↗](../../drug/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet drugged the lion so it would sleep.[↗](../../drug/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some drugs are illegal because they are dangerous.[↗](../../drug/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Athletes are given drug tests.[↗](../../drug/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · None of my drugs will avail to cure you, but, if you are willing to pay me handsomely, I can tell you how you may be cured.’[↗](../../drug/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **drugged** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Given a drug, often secretly or against your will, to make you sleepy or unable to act.[↗](../../drugged/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Feeling sleepy, slow or confused because of medicine or another drug.[↗](../../drugged/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of food or drink) Having a drug secretly put in it.[↗](../../drugged/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In the story, the guard was drugged and fell asleep.[↗](../../drugged/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After the operation, I felt drugged and sleepy.[↗](../../drugged/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet drugged the lion so it could be moved safely.[↗](../../drugged/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The poisoned apple in the fairy tale was drugged.[↗](../../drugged/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never drink something if you do not know who made it.[↗](../../drugged/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The spy realised his tea had been drugged.[↗](../../drugged/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Hermes warned Odysseus that Circe would offer him a draught of drugged wine with the intention of transforming him as she had done his companions.[↗](../../drugged/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **druid** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A druid was a priest or wise person among the ancient Celtic peoples, who knew about nature, magic and religion.[↗](../../druid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In stories a druid is a wise person with magic powers.[↗](../../druid/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The druid waved her staff and spoke the spell.[↗](../../druid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The druids were wise guardians of the young prince.[↗](../../druid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago, a druid lived in the great oak wood.[↗](../../druid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **drum** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A drum is a musical instrument made of a hollow body with skin or plastic stretched over it, played by hitting it with sticks or hands.[↗](../../drum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A drum is a large container shaped like a cylinder, for liquids: an oil drum.[↗](../../drum/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To drum means to play a drum, or to tap again and again: drum your fingers.[↗](../../drum/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To drum something into someone means to teach it by repeating it many times.[↗](../../drum/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* The eardrum is the thin skin inside your ear.[↗](../../drum/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My brother plays the drums in a band.[↗](../../drum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The drum makes a sound when its skin vibrates.[↗](../../drum/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain was drumming on the tin roof.[↗](../../drum/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She drummed her fingers on the desk.[↗](../../drum/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The road-safety rules were drummed into us.[↗](../../drum/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Very loud noise can damage your eardrums.[↗](../../drum/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a drumroll before the winner was announced.[↗](../../drum/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Beetle smote upon the drum.[↗](../../drum/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **drumbeat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The sound of a drum being hit, or a steady rhythm of such sounds.[↗](../../drumbeat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A steady, repeated message or warning that keeps coming, like «a drumbeat of bad news».[↗](../../drumbeat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The band marched to a steady drumbeat.[↗](../../drumbeat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I could feel the drumbeat in my chest.[↗](../../drumbeat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We clapped along to the drumbeat.[↗](../../drumbeat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers moved in time with the drumbeat.[↗](../../drumbeat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Far away in the jungle, a drumbeat began.[↗](../../drumbeat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a constant drumbeat of complaints about the noise.[↗](../../drumbeat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the drumbeats subsided and faintly marked the rhythm of the singing.[↗](../../drumbeat/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **drumhead** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The drumhead is the tight skin or plastic sheet stretched across a drum, which is hit to make the sound.[↗](../../drumhead/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tap the drumhead gently with your fingers.[↗](../../drumhead/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The drumhead split when the drummer hit it too hard.[↗](../../drumhead/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old drum needed a new drumhead.[↗](../../drumhead/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **drummer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A drummer is a person who plays the drums, for example in a band, orchestra or marching band.[↗](../../drummer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (older use) A drummer boy beat a drum for marching soldiers.[↗](../../drummer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (US, old-fashioned) A travelling salesman.[↗](../../drummer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My brother is the drummer in the school band.[↗](../../drummer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The drummer kept a steady beat.[↗](../../drummer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The drummer counted «one, two, three, four» before the song.[↗](../../drummer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In old battles, a drummer boy marched with the soldiers.[↗](../../drummer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants to be a drummer when she grows up.[↗](../../drummer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He marches to the beat of a different drummer; he does things his own way.[↗](../../drummer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The drummer beat a roll--a roll of joy.[↗](../../drummer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) … 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