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drumbeat

noun

1 drumbeat

The sound made by beating a drum.

synonyms: rataplan, rub-a-dub.

is a specific kind of: sound.

Dutch: Rataplan
Polish: bębnienie

2 drumbeat

military The beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown.

is a specific kind of: sign, signal, signaling.

is a broader term that covers: tattoo.

domain category: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine.

3 drumbeat

A vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause.

is a specific kind of: advocacy, protagonism.

Moby thesaurus: barrage, beat, beating, drum, drum music, drumfire, drumming, flutter, palpitation, paradiddle, patter, pitapat, pitter-patter, pound, pounding, pulsation, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rataplan ... show more.

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