drummer

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈdɹʌmə(ɹ)/ (UK)
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/ˈdɹʌmə(ɹ)/ (UK) · /ˈdɹʌmɚ/ (US)

Definition of drummer

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One who plays the drums.
    “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...”
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noun

  1. One who plays the drums.
    “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...”
  2. A drumstick (the lower part of a chicken or turkey leg).
  3. Any of various fish of the family Kyphosidae, which make a drumming sound.
    “Bullock's liver will catch drummer.”
  4. (UK, slang)A housebreaker.
    “Bennett's central figure, Ray, is first and foremost a serial "drummer" (housebreaker in crim-speak), and only secondly a human being, […]”
  5. (dated, slang)A travelling salesman.

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

From drum + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix).

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