Drum and Roll

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Drum

Drum verb - To strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically.

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Roll is a synonym for drum in cylinder topic. In some cases you can use "Roll" instead the word "Drum" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: drumming, drummer, drumhead

Roll

Roll verb - To make a low heavy rolling sound.

Usage example: thunder rolling in the distance

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Drum is a synonym for roll in cylinder topic. You can use "Drum" instead the word "Roll" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as thunder, rumble.

Nearby Words: rolled, rolling, roller, rollback, rollover

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How words are described

full	full drum	full roll
long	long drum	long roll
set	set drum	set roll
original	original drum	original roll
Other adjectives: simple, small, actual, entire, real, massive, large, big, compressed, huge, bad, opening, combined, automatic, basic, giant.

Common collocations

way	drum way	roll way
bit	drum bit	roll bit

Both words in one sentence

If Pantera's "13 Steps to Nowhere"'s drums were charted literally, it would require you to do a roll on the blue drum while frequently crossing your arms to hit the red drum.

Source: Video Game / Rock Band
Instead, they charted that roll as alternating between blue and red, making it much less awkward to play, and turned it into one of the most fun drum solos in the game.

Source: Video Game / Rock Band
One time, Beakman asks for a drum roll, and gets a drum rolling across the screen.

Source: Drum Roll, Please

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