¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drumroll
1. a roll played on a drum [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drumroll
Literary usage of Drumroll
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Genetic and the Operative Evidence Relating to Secondary Sexual Characters by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1919)
"... behind being emitted in a stream, like a drumroll, while the leader utters
loud single notes at regular intervals. The march ceases; the leader elevates ..."
2. The Divine Comedy of Patriotism by Mortimer Thomson (1900)
"Combinations are formed very oft to prevent truth-expression, And drumroll hath
frequently rolled down its voice on the gallows. ..."
3. Albert by Daniel Oldis (1986)
"Lights began flashing; smoke rolled up from the stage, mixing with the pot; a
drumroll could be heard behind the curtain; laser beams shot from the ceiling ..."
4. Asymmetric Marketing: Tossing the 'Chasm' in the Age of the Software Superpowers by Joseph E. Bentzel (2006)
"... of Bubbleboy 2.0 thinking, as creatively articulated by none other than (drumroll
please) Jonathan Schwartz' old boss, Scott McNealy the founder of Sun. ..."
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