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drumhead

[ UK /dɹˈʌmhɛd/ ]
[ US /ˈdɹəmˌhɛd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. performed speedily and without formality
    a summary execution
    summary justice
NOUN
  1. a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

How To Use drumhead In A Sentence

  • He moved my hands and made the sticks pound against the drumheads and beat out a rhythm.
  • Some are large calabashes (a type of gourd) with leather drumheads and are played with the hands.
  • A bass drumhead carries bold circled lettering that reads: ‘Smith Jubilee Choir, Band and Orchestra, Season 1899-1900.’
  • They also failed to give live coverage to yesterday's drumhead service attended by 6,000 Royal Navy veterans and hosted by Brian Hanrahan and Kate Adie.
  • drumhead" might be a tree, power pole, fencepost, or a house's siding or metalwork not appreciated by sleeping humans. StarTribune.com rss feed
  • This type of vinyl floor, being perimeter bonded, will now contract slightly, tightening like a drumhead over the next 24 to 48 hours.
  • The old building previously housed the Frederick Bauer drumhead collection, which has since been set up in the corridor.
  • Preposterous as this contention seemed to Washington, he did not call a drumhead court-martial for the immediate sentence and execution of a spy caught in civilian dress. Washington
  • A pea on a drumhead is a restful object in comparison with Watson on that ice-hill. Chatterbox, 1906
  • I should have liked to have seen the drumhead ceremony in Portsmouth today.
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