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Definition: DRUMMED |
DRUMMEDImperative & past participle1. Of Drum |
Date "DRUMMED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Crosswords: DRUMMED |
| English words defined with "DRUMMED": beat ♦ drum ♦ Rogue's march ♦ thrum. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DRUMMED": B. C.. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Wouldn't you like to see me drummed out of my regiment? (North West Frontier; writing credit: Robin Estridge; Patrick Ford) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Play | Caption |
 | Drum; drummed; drum roll . |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He leaned back against the wall, and he drummed his fingers on his knee. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "DRUMMED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 62.75% of the time. "DRUMMED" is used about 102 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 62.75% | 64 | 42,009 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 36.27% | 37 | 56,631 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.98% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 102 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "DRUMMED": jungle-drummed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DRUMMED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | "" (Drumming). (various references) | ||||||||||
Danish | spolelaengde (drummed length). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | spoellengte (drummed length). (various references) | ||||||||||
Finnish | puolattu pituus (drummed length). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | longueur sur touret (drummed length). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | getrommelt (tumble-abraded). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | μήκος σε στροφείο (drummed length). (various references) | ||||||||||
Korean | 북을 치". (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ummeddray largo en bobina (drummed length). (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"DRUMMED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: drammen, Drumadd, drume, drumet, drummel, Drummie. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DRUMMED" (pronounced dru"md) |
| 3 | -u" m d | bummed, gummed, numbed, plumbed, succumbed, summed, thumbed. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-m-m-r-u" | |
-1 letter: mudder. | |
-2 letters: demur, dured, mured, udder. | |
-3 letters: derm, drum, dude, dure, mure, redd, rudd, rude, rued. | |
-4 letters: dud, due, emu, med, mem, mud, mum, red, rem, rue, rum, umm, urd. | |
-5 letters: de, ed, em, er, me, mm, mu, re, um. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Sounds | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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