Drumbeat - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈdrʌmbiːt|
Brit.
|ˈdrʌmbiːt|
noun
- the sound made by beating a drum (syn: rataplan, rub-a-dub)
- (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown
- a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause
- (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown
- a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause
the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq
Extra examples
I could hear the drumbeat of a parade down the street.
...a dizzying drumbeat of interviews in the hours following her winning of the Academy Award...
The band used a synthesizer for the drumbeat.
Word forms
noun
singular: drumbeat
plural: drumbeats
singular: drumbeat
plural: drumbeats
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