Large percussion musical instrument which produces a definite pitch.
1 Her heart boomed like a kettle drum , and again she looked away.
2 His heart pounded like a kettle drum in his ears.
3 After two a kettle drum was banging fortissimo.
4 Another plaything of his was a kettle drum with which he amused himself in the summer twilight for many seasons.
5 Those membranes are like two little kettle drums , and they are its song organs.
6 A determined musician pounded on kettle drums inside his head.
7 Five kettle drums in this band were presented by the French as a mark of esteem.
8 The use Beethoven made of kettle drums may be regarded among the particular manifestations of his genius.
9 Only the male has the kettle drums .
10 Tells briefly about the performance, and about the piece by Mozart, which is unique in its use of four kettle drums .
11 At the same time drums, and conchs of loud blare, and kettle drums and tabors began to beat and blow by thousands.
12 "She's kinda lackin' in the kettle drum department."
13 "A woman with a Colgate smile and breasts the size of kettle drums could do quite well for herself."
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