drumbeat Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the sound made by beating a drum
rub-a-dub; rataplan.
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noun (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown
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noun a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause
- the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq
WordNet
Drum"beat` noun
Definitions
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.
