Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Tympanize · Tym·pa·nize · IPA v. i. v. t. 01 v. i. To drum. 1. To drum.[R.] 02 v. t. To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum. imp. & p. p. Tympanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Tympanizing 1. To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum.[Obs.]