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bass drum

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bass drum  (bs)
n.
A large drum having a cylindrical body and two heads and producing a low, resonant sound.
bass drum [base]
Noun
a large drum of low pitch
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Noun1.bass drumbass drum - a large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch
gran casa
drum, membranophone, tympan - a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
Translations
bass drum bass n → grosse caisse f


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Of course, the daily chant of ordinary pain of training went on all the time through the working hours, such as of "good" bears and lions and tigers that were made amenable under stress, and of elephants derricked and gaffed into making the head-stand or into the beating of a bass drum.
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In the distance, one could see a long wavering line of torches drifting down the main street, and could hear the throbbing of the bass drum, the clash of cymbals, the squeaking of a fife or two, and the faint roar of remote hurrahs.
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