Tympanist: alternatives and connections

From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof.

A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.

A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a…

To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang…

A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.

To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the ge…

One who, or that which, beats.

A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum.

A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against…

The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.

A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It…

One who beats with a cudgel.

A condition in which there are two beats or waves of the arterial pulse to each beat of the heart.

To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate (anything) from other things…

(With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up recruits; to drum up c…

The sound of a beaten drum; drum music.

the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health

Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All…