Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bedrum

/biˈdɹʌm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bedrum
IPA: /biˈdɹʌm/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To drum about, over, or in celebration for (something).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"As the wedding company proceeded to the church, with the town-band bedrumming and becymballing them in the van, she whimpered and sobbed as in the evil hour when the Job's-news reached her, that the wild sea had devoured her husband, with ship and fortune."
"[They] thrust themselves, with the utmost of their soul and strength, to the highest, by them attainable, pinnacle of the most bedrummed and betrumpeted booth in the Fair of the World."
"This bedrummed and betrumpeted man of genius cannot read the A B a b of the human emotions."

Etymology

From be- (“about, over”) + drum.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

bedrums (present, singular) bedrumming (participle, present) bedrummed (participle, past) bedrummed (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce bedrum?: The recorded pronunciation is /biˈdɹʌm/.
What does bedrum mean?: To drum about, over, or in celebration for (something).
Where does bedrum come from?: From be- (“about, over”) + drum.

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