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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A continuous, even drumming or rapping, as of the hooves of a galloping horse, or machine-gun fire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To drum repeatedly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
the sound made by beating a drum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rub-a-dub, drumbeat
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Broader terms: sound
History
From French ran tan plan, onomatopoeic.
