drumhead
noun
drum·head
ˈdrəm-ˌhed 
1
: the material (such as skin or plastic) stretched over one or both ends of a drum
2
: the top of a capstan that is pierced with sockets for the levers used in turning it
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With membrane and magnet in place over the cup, the finished device is like a tiny kettledrum: Thump on it, and the drumhead vibrates.
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IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2024
These acted much like drumheads that vibrate after getting struck.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Apr. 2023
On the hide drumhead of death.
—The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
The band would find unconventional ways to play instruments—pulling masking tape off a drumhead, running a metal file across electric-guitar strings—make music with random objects and use Basquiat’s poetry as lyrics.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2022
The court in Ashe Stadium stayed dry as torrential rain pounded on its drumhead of a closed roof.
—New York Times, 1 Sep. 2021
The recipes that began arriving were indeed simple and quick to make—time being stretched tight as a drumhead for all parents.
—Joshua David Stein, WSJ, 25 June 2021
There’s also a drumhead with ephemera signed by Foo Fighters.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2021
Bongo: More musical than a tin can or the back of a frying pan, McFadden says a drumhead will deliver rhythm but not melody.
—oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2020
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IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2024
These acted much like drumheads that vibrate after getting struck.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Apr. 2023
On the hide drumhead of death.
—The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
The band would find unconventional ways to play instruments—pulling masking tape off a drumhead, running a metal file across electric-guitar strings—make music with random objects and use Basquiat’s poetry as lyrics.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2022
The court in Ashe Stadium stayed dry as torrential rain pounded on its drumhead of a closed roof.
—New York Times, 1 Sep. 2021
The recipes that began arriving were indeed simple and quick to make—time being stretched tight as a drumhead for all parents.
—Joshua David Stein, WSJ, 25 June 2021
There’s also a drumhead with ephemera signed by Foo Fighters.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2021
Bongo: More musical than a tin can or the back of a frying pan, McFadden says a drumhead will deliver rhythm but not melody.
—oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2020
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