snare drum
noun
: a small double-headed drum with one or more snares stretched across its lower head see drum illustration
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The claps are crisper, and the snare drums smack harder, but the sound is sterile.
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Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
Because, if it wasn’t adjusted right, a snare drum would fly to the rear and things like that.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
One of my favorite bits of trivia about the film is that the movie had to have the toy monkey playing a snare drum, as the concept of a toy monkey slamming cymbals together is owned by Disney.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
New exhibit items include a jumpsuit owned and worn by Diana Ross, a Dyna-Sonic snare drum from R.E.M.'s Bill Berry's original drum kit, a tuxedo worn by Ray Charles and a dress made to be worn by Brenda Lee during the filming of Smokey and the Bandit II.
—David Farré, The Tennessean, 13 Mar. 2024
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Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
Because, if it wasn’t adjusted right, a snare drum would fly to the rear and things like that.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
One of my favorite bits of trivia about the film is that the movie had to have the toy monkey playing a snare drum, as the concept of a toy monkey slamming cymbals together is owned by Disney.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
New exhibit items include a jumpsuit owned and worn by Diana Ross, a Dyna-Sonic snare drum from R.E.M.'s Bill Berry's original drum kit, a tuxedo worn by Ray Charles and a dress made to be worn by Brenda Lee during the filming of Smokey and the Bandit II.
—David Farré, The Tennessean, 13 Mar. 2024
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“Snare drum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snare%20drum. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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