[
UK
/dɹˈʌmhɛd/
]
[ US /ˈdɹəmˌhɛd/ ]
[ US /ˈdɹəmˌhɛd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
performed speedily and without formality
a summary execution
summary justice
NOUN
- 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.