drumskin

[druhm-skin]

noun

1. drumhead.

Word History and Origins

Origin of drumskin¹

drum ¹ + skin

Example Sentences

Mr Lightbody added the drummer's nickname is 'thunderclap' because he "hit the snare drum so hard he was prone to smash right through the drumskin."

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She wanted it to stop, all of it, but Pet kept talking, its voice like many hands dragging over an infinite drumskin, creating a thrum that crept under her skin.

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Pet’s footsteps were singing through the floor like mallets striking an ocean of drumskin, and they were heading straight for her parents’ bedroom.

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Its voice waxed gentle, fingertips light against drumskin.

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Then he repaired the envelope corners of the bedspread, pulling it tightly, until it stretched across the bed like a drumskin.

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