Meaning of DRUMBEAT
| Pronunciation: | | 'drum`beet
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- [n] (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown
- [n] the sound made by beating a drum
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| | Synonyms: | | rub-a-dub |
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| | See Also: | | sign, signal, signaling, sound, tattoo | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Drum"beat`\, n.
The sound of a beaten drum; drum music.
Whose morning drumbeat, following the sun, and keeping
company with the hours, circles the earth with one
continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of
England. --D. Webster.
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| | Related Terms: | | barrage, beat, beating, drum, drum music, drumfire, drumming, flutter, palpitation, paradiddle, patter, pitapat, pitter-patter, pound, pounding, pulsation, rataplan, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rattattoo, roll, rub-a-dub, ruff, ruffle, spatter, splutter, sputter, staccato, tat-tat, tattoo, throb, throbbing, thrum, thumping, tom-tom |
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