drumming

Pluraldrummings (some meanings)

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The act of hitting a drum to make a beat or rhythm.

   Like tapping a steady beat on a table with your hands.

   Her drumming kept the whole band in time.

   He practices his drumming for an hour every day.

   Similarpercussion

2. 2
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of drum. Use this -ing form for an action happening now or as the name of the action.

   She is drumming her fingers on the table impatiently.

   The rain was drumming against the window all night.

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3. 3
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A sound like the steady beating of a drum.

   Like the sound of fingers tapping quickly on a table.

   The drumming of rain on the roof made it hard to sleep.

   We heard the steady drumming of horse hooves on the road.

   Similarpounding, beating, pattering, rumble, thrumming

4. 4
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A sound that many catfish make by tightening special muscles inside their bodies.

   Like the sound of a drum, but made inside the fish's own body.

   The catfish made a soft drumming when it was pulled from the water.

   Divers sometimes hear the drumming of catfish near the riverbed.

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