Large percussion musical instrument which produces a definite pitch.
1Her heart boomed like a kettle drum, and again she looked away.
2His heart pounded like a kettle drum in his ears.
3After two a kettle drum was banging fortissimo.
4Another plaything of his was a kettle drum with which he amused himself in the summer twilight for many seasons.
5Those membranes are like two little kettle drums, and they are its song organs.
6A determined musician pounded on kettle drums inside his head.
7Five kettle drums in this band were presented by the French as a mark of esteem.
8The use Beethoven made of kettle drums may be regarded among the particular manifestations of his genius.
9Only the male has the kettle drums.
10Tells briefly about the performance, and about the piece by Mozart, which is unique in its use of four kettle drums.
11At 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."
Translations for kettle drum