a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids; a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end; make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"; play a percussion instrument; small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise; the sound of a drum; "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"
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There are 171 solutions. The longest is PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT with 20 letters, and the shortest is CAW with 3 letters.
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