noun
Meaning 1
The beating of a drum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
drumbeat
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noun
Meaning 2
The sound of a beating drum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A repetitive beating sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Examples
- This music has a groovy drumbeat that makes me dance!
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noun
Meaning 4
A driving force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 5
a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq
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Broader terms: advocacy, protagonism
noun
Meaning 6
(military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: signal, signaling, sign
Narrower terms: tattoo
noun
Meaning 7
the sound made by beating a drum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rub-a-dub, rataplan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound
History
Etymology
From drum + beat.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: battement de tambour — the beating of a drum
- German: Trommelschlag — the beating of a drum
- Italian: suono del tamburo — the beating of a drum
- Russian: бараба́нный бой (barabánnyj boj) — the beating of a drum
- Russian: бараба́нная дробь (barabánnaja drobʹ) — the beating of a drum
- Spanish: redoble — the beating of a drum
- Swahili: mdundo — the beating of a drum
- Tagalog: gandang — the beating of a drum
- Tagalog: telebong — the beating of a drum
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