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| drum kit |
a set of percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a drummer in a band, the basic set of which usu. includes a bass drum, a tom-tom, a snare drum, a high-hat, and a crash cymbal, also called a drum set. |
| hook |
to snare (a fish) with a fishhook. [2/19 definitions] |
| paradiddle |
a pattern of beats, esp. on a snare drum, in which the right and left drumsticks alternate single strokes, followed by two beats of the right, followed by a reversal of this pattern. |
| snare1 |
to capture with a trap or snare. [1/2 definitions] |
| snare2 |
a string or wire that is stretched over the bottom skin of a snare drum. |
| toil2 |
(usually plural) something in which one becomes trapped or tangled; snare. |
| tripwire |
a hidden wire that activates a trap, snare, or the like when tripped over. |
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