Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sport of fishing for drumfish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of beating upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the noise which the male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by beating his wings upon his sides.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of beating a
drum . - verb Present participle of
drum .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of playing drums
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Examples
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Max Weinberg's drumming is a massive, martial heartbeat, booming against the ribs of the songs in fear and defiance.
Peter Birkenhead: Meet the Old Boss: Springsteen Revisits Darkness Peter Birkenhead 2010
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Max Weinberg's drumming is a massive, martial heartbeat, booming against the ribs of the songs in fear and defiance.
Peter Birkenhead: Meet the Old Boss: Springsteen Revisits Darkness Peter Birkenhead 2010
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K, Strip to your loincloth, begin drumming and doing your special Grizzly Dance, while imploring Brother Grizzly to impart his sacred wisdom.
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K, Strip to your loincloth, begin drumming and doing your special Grizzly Dance, while imploring Brother Grizzly to impart his sacred wisdom.
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Max Weinberg's drumming is a massive, martial heartbeat, booming against the ribs of the songs in fear and defiance.
Peter Birkenhead: Meet the Old Boss: Springsteen Revisits Darkness Peter Birkenhead 2010
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Mr. Sharpton is expected to play a significant role in drumming up support for her campaign.
Lawyer Leads In Cash Dash Michael Howard Saul 2010
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Max Weinberg's drumming is a massive, martial heartbeat, booming against the ribs of the songs in fear and defiance.
Peter Birkenhead: Meet the Old Boss: Springsteen Revisits Darkness Peter Birkenhead 2010
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CNN was second only to Foxnews in drumming up support for the war, telling us to be scared out of our witts, resulting in 80% support for the war by the public at its start because we 'had to' invade.
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The whole Clinton administration was an exercise in drumming up business for himself after he left office.
Last minute Clinton ad: 'What has happened to Barack Obama?' 2008
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Sarah turned away again, but this time, not even the rain drumming against the roof was enough to drown out her sobs.
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