1 to hit

2 to strike

3 to tap

4 to rap

5 to knock

6 to rip sb off

7 to overcharge

1 to knock on a door

1 old variant of 鼓[gǔ]

1 to encourage

1 to applaud

2 to clap

1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease

2 to give in

1 lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)

2 fig. to give up

3 to turn tail

1 to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat

2 to egg people on or to call them back

1 to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat

2 to egg people on or to call them back

1 extortion and blackmail (idiom)