Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sharp sound produced by simultaneously striking the rim and the head of a drum with a drumstick.
- noun A quick, abrupt drumroll followed by such a sound or by the striking of a cymbal, often used for emphasis after the punchline of a joke told by a comedian.
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- noun A
percussive note in which thedrumstick hits both thehead and therim of thedrum . - noun colloquial A percussive
sting orflourish used topunctuate ajoke in acabaret orvaudeville act.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In fact, had it not been for that name change we might still associate the word "sting" with the series of notes played by a drummer to signify a joke (also known as a rimshot).
Jalopnik 2008
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Well, OK, "rimshot" wasn't the word on the flip side.
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Well, OK, "rimshot" wasn't the word on the flip side.
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I wonder if Roger Wm Paine III was a PAIN as a teenager. * rimshot*
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This is a new translation of the Pope's magisterial (rimshot) work on the subject of ... well, of the theology of the body.
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Since KC missed the opportunity: Those chinchillas make this a real tail to amaze. * rimshot* kcball Says:
CYRIL MACK AND THE VERY COLD CUP OF TEA • by Kevin Shamel 2009
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April 2, 2010, 8: 07 pm haha rimshot says: jukeboxgrad caught lying by Nieporent.
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Note to Constantin and haha rimshot: Brian G. is a right winger who posts sarcastic comments as a pseudo-leftist in order to discredit the left.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Goodwin Liu’s Incomplete Questionnaire 2010
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I think the title is apro pos, since everyone Wanted to like it. * rimshot* This movie sucked balls.
This is the stuff teh interwebs are made of... wendigomountain 2009
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This is a new translation of the Pope's magisterial (rimshot) work on the subject of ... well, of the theology of the body.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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