redrum

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/ɹiːˈdɹʌm/

verb

To place into new drums (barrels).

UncommonScrabble 9

Meanings

verbredrum (third-person singular simple present redrums, present participle redrumming, simple past and past participle redrummed)

present singular third person redrums · participle present redrumming · participle past redrummed · past redrummed

  1. To place into new drums (barrels).

    The most common procedure used to overcome these problems is to redrum the contents. [...] Although the labor cost increases because of implied redrumming requirements, the primary increase in cost is that of the drums.

    1990, Edwin F. Barth, Stabilization and solidification of hazardous wastes, page 133

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishdrum
  7. Englishredrum

From re- + drum.

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Cite this entry
APA

redrum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redrum

MLA

“redrum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redrum. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redrum,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redrum.

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