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Meanings of drums in English

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A collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer.

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Examples for "drumset"
Examples for "drumset"
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Rask, currently sidelined by a concussion, was gifted a Metallica drumset as part of the ceremony.
Reuters
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Only one kit or drumset.
Wired
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This guy spliced together audio and video of himself at a drumset and piano to create a music piece...and a pretty cool video.
Wired
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He appropriates the familiar sounds of upright bass, drum kit, and horns.
Wired
2
If you're carrying a drum kit into school, you're the cool kid.
The Guardian
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Now they can just indulge the kid with a USB drum kit.
Wired
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You can also choose from one of 8 instruments including a drum kit.
Wired
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And if you want to see the core elements, here's a drum kit.
Wired
1
But Random came clear, seated before a drum set, sticks in hand.
The Great Book of Amber
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Does the drummer for The Rolling Stones not own a drum set?
News.com.au
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P.M.'s drum set had the band's logo splashed across the front.
Public secrets
4
Fifteen skilled drum set players participated in our functional magnetic resonance imaging study.
Pubmed
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He had a drum set at the house- Irememberplaying around with them.
Ebony
Usage of drums in English
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The drums in the finishing-shop hummed merrily their lively song of labor.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 / A Maga...
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Five other drums continue to operate in the coking unit, Jackson said.
Reuters
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Can either or both of you make the drums talk? Ayla said.
The Land of Painted Caves
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Open drums of gas and oil were left all over the town.
The devil's touch
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He was up in the morning with the roll of the drums.
The Junior Classics, Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories
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Bernadette learned music from an early age; piano, guitar, drums and violin.
The Irish Times
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Encouraged by the talking drums, she soon began to feel the effects.
The Mammoth Hunters
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In more political mid-century work he blows and drums with impressive vehemence.
The Guardian
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He had to get the different effects in sound by special drums.
The new yorker
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Watch the needles on the paper as the clockwork revolves the drums.
The Silent Bullet
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She heard the throbbing of native drums in the village near by.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction
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Others continued to tip the oil from jerrycans into large plastic drums.
Reuters
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From somewhere behind the enemy, the war drums sounded, calling the retreat.
Shadow prowler
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Bells, drums, and saxophones were among the many instruments used by kaihaka.
Radio NZ
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Villagers swarmed the family home, banging drums, ululating and waving tree branches.
Reuters
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Now resound the drums of the National Guard posted before the Conciergerie.
Empress Josephine: An Historical Sketch of the Days of Napoleon
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