Any of a group of nonbenzodiazepine drugs with effects similar to benzodiazepines, used in the treatment of insomnia.

(basketball) A practice drill where a line of players improve their rebounding skills by catching a rebound in the air, tossing the ball back against the backboard before landing, and returning to the end of the line to go again.

plural of egg drop soup

Alternative form of drawing room

(nautical) To release the anchor of a ship or boat, allowing it to fall to the bed of a body of water and thereby securing the vessel in place. / (euphemistic) To defecate.

The situation where information is hidden or discarded because it is undesirable in some way, e.g. unfavourable research results.

Alternative form of Big Drum

(music, dance, Caribbean) A genre of music and dance, and an associated festival tradition, found in many islands of the Lesser Antilles.

plural of drum head

(nautical) A drum out of which a sail is furled