drummer
/ˈdɹʌmɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.68 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A drumstick (the lower part of a chicken or turkey leg).
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Kate is the lead guitarist, Luna is the drummer, and Izzy is the bass guitarist."
- "The Eric Revis Trio, featuring the pianist Kris Davis, the bassist Eric Revis and the drummer Gerald Cleaver performing at the Jazz Gallery.Credit..."
- "Bullock's liver will catch drummer."
- "Bennett's central figure, Ray, is first and foremost a serial "drummer" (housebreaker in crim-speak), and only secondly a human being, […]"
- "You know what life on the road is like — these poor salesmen when they don't sell some big account they been counting on why they go into one terrible slump they set there in the hotel room brooding over it and after a while they go out and meet some other drummer down in the lobby and start chewing the rag about all their troubles and then they get feeling so sorry they go across the street and commence drinking beer and about three hours later they come back to the room and write the house one of these here letters how rotten the product is."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɹʌmɚ/
- British English: /ˈdɹʌmə(ɹ)/