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drumbeat
n.
sound or beat of a drum; intense and strong support of a cause
Drum Beat
Drum beat
A
drum beat or
drum pattern is a rhythmic pattern, or repeated
rhythm establishing the
meter and
groove through the
pulse and
subdivision, played on
drum kits and other
percussion instruments. As such a "beat" consists of multiple
drum strokes occurring over multiple
musical beats while the term "drum beat" may also refer to a single drum stroke which may occupy more or less time than the current pulse. Many drum beats define or are characteristic of specific
music genres.
drumbeat
Noun
1. the sound made by beating a drum
(synonym) rub-a-dub, rataplan
(hypernym) sound
2. (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown
(hypernym) signal, signaling, sign
(hyponym) tattoo
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
3. a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause; "the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq"
(hypernym) advocacy
Drumbeat
(n.)
The sound of a beaten drum; drum music.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
drumbeat
Synonyms and related words:
barrage, beat, beating, drum, drum music, drumfire, drumming, flutter, palpitation, paradiddle, patter, pitapat, pitter-patter, pound, pounding, pulsation, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rataplan, rattattoo, roll, rub-a-dub, ruff, ruffle, spatter, splutter, sputter, staccato, tat-tat, tattoo, throb, throbbing, thrum, thumping, tom-tom,
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