drum kit

noun

A collection of drums and other percussion instruments designed to be played together.

Meanings

noundrum kit (plural drum kits)

plural drum kits

  1. A collection of drums and other percussion instruments designed to be played together.

    From a train operator's viewpoint, the ideal passenger travels with nothing more than a coat and small case or backpack, and one has sympathy with Lumo when it was confronted with a passenger wishing to travel with a full drum kit.

    2023 August 23, Anthony Lambert, “Expanding the family and disabled markets”, in RAIL, number 990, page 55

    Synonyms: drum set, drumset, trap set

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA collection of drums and other percussion instruments designed to be played together.

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Translations

Arabic طَقْم الطُّبُول
  • طَقْم الطُّبُول (ṭaqm aṭ-ṭubūl)collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
Chinese Mandarin 爵士鼓, 架子鼓
  • 爵士鼓 (juéshìgǔ)collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • 架子鼓 (jiàzigǔ)collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
Czech bicí souprava
  • bicí soupravacollection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
Danish trommesæt
  • trommesætcollection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
Dutch drumstel
  • drumstelcollection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
Esperanto drumo
  • drumocollection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
Finnish rumpusarja, rumpusetti
  • rumpusarjacollection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • rumpusetticollection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
French batterie
  • batteriecollection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
German Schlagzeug
  • Schlagzeugcollection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
Hungarian dobfelszerelés
  • dobfelszereléscollection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
Irish foireann drumaí
  • foireann drumaícollection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
Italian batteria
  • batteriacollection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
Japanese ドラムセット
  • ドラムセット (doramusetto)collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
Korean 드럼 키트, 드럼 세트
  • 드럼 키트 (deureom kiteu)collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • 드럼 세트 (deureom seteu)collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
Polish perkusja
  • perkusjacollection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
Portuguese bateria
  • bateriacollection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
Spanish batería
  • bateríacollection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
Swedish trumset
  • trumsetcollection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
Thai กลองชุด
  • กลองชุด (glɔɔng-chút)collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
Turkish bateri
  • batericollection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
Ukrainian бараба́нна устано́вка, уда́рна устано́вка
  • бараба́нна устано́вка (barabánna ustanóvka)collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • уда́рна устано́вка (udárna ustanóvka)collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
Cite this entry
APA

drum kit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drum%20kit

MLA

“drum kit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drum%20kit. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drum kit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drum%20kit.

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