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Definition of Drumbeat

1. Noun. The sound made by beating a drum.

2. Noun. (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown.

3. Noun. A vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause. "The warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq"

Definition of Drumbeat

1. n. The sound of a beaten drum; drum music.

Definition of Drumbeat

1. Noun. The beating of a drum. ¹

2. Noun. The sound of a beating drum. ¹

3. Noun. (figuratively) Forceful support of a cause. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Drumbeat

1. the sound of a drum [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drumbeat

drum machine drum major drum majorette drum majors drum membrane drum out drum printer drum roll drum rolls drum sander

drum set drum sets drum stick drum sticks drum up drumbeat (current term) drumbeater drumbeaters drumbeating drumbeatings

drumbeats drumble drumbled drumbles drumbling drumette drumettes drumfire drumfires drumfish

Literary usage of Drumbeat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Patriotic Prose, with Notes and Biographies by Augustus White Long (1917)
"ENGLAND'S drumbeat DANEEL WEBSTER THE Parliament of Great Britain asserted a right to tax the colonies in all cases whatsoever; and it was precisely on this ..."

2. Chippewa Music by Frances Densmore (1913)
"When this drumbeat is heard the dancer pauses in whatever attitude he may chance to be and remains motionless until the drumbeat is resumed. ..."

3. Reference Handbook of American History by the Library Method, for Secondary by A. W. Bacheler (1895)
"Coffin, drumbeat of the Nation, 44-47. Comte de Paris, i. 138, 139. ... drumbeat of the Nation, 42-47. Eggleston, 306, 307. Fiske, Hist, of US, 356. ..."

4. Read & Understand Poetry, Grades 2-3 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Martha Cheney (2005)
"They are likely to say that it represents the sound of a drumbeat. The drumbeat, in turn, represents the sound of a variety of activities: hoeing, ..."

5. Read & Understand Poetry, Grades 3-4 by Michael Ryall, Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (2005)
"They are likely to say that it represents the sound of a drumbeat. The drumbeat, in turn, represents the sound of a variety of activities: hoeing, ..."

6. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"... Bull into Wadsworth (one Connecticut captain for another), and the hypothetical drumbeat into an actual drumbeat, would be the most natural thing in the ..."

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