Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A drum-shaped chamber or reservoir for air; specifically, in ornithology, a large lateral cervical pneumatocyst.
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Examples
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To be fair, my wife threatens to kill me if I even air-drum.
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The wait was long, my eyes were getting dry, Roy was doing rigorous air-drum movements in the car (we listened to Muse – the Origin of Symmetry album) and turns out there were concrete pillars all over the place (next time strap the goddamn pillars more tightly you gundoos!).
natinski Diary Entry natinski 2007
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So, forgetting you're at a crowded gym, you let go the handlebars, raise both arms high and, with extreme gusto, air-drum the opening salvo to "Mississippi Queen."
Durangoherald.com 2010
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Next up for Tyson: he plays himself in "The Hangover," a comedy where, according to Rolling Stone, he dotes on his pet tiger, playfully decks a visitor to his Vegas home and does an air-drum solo to Phil Collins '"In the Air Tonight."
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After impressing a hook-handed stranger with his insane attempt to air drum Rush while not using a stool, Power decides to find the stranger's air-drum training gym in Newark, NJ.
Pajiba 2009
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I know, it's a little hard to fathom, even for somebody like me who's spent countless hours air-guitar-ing (okay, I actually mostly air-drum, to be honest) to the metal albums of my youth.
SCR Blog 2009
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What would have been a signature moment in the movie, the Mike Tyson air-drum solo to "In the Air Tonight," already has been ruined by the trailer.
unknown title 2009
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Choose between drums, bass and guitar, air-drum and air-guitar with wii-mote and nunchuck based controls
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