drum·beat (dr m b t )n. 1. The sound produced by beating a drum. 2. Vehement, persistent advocacy of a cause: "the drumbeat of criticism of the news media from the right" (Michael Pollan). |
drumbeat [ˈdrʌmˌbiːt]
n
(Music / Instruments) the sound made by beating a drum
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| Noun | 1. |  drumbeat - the sound made by beating a drum sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them" |
| 2. | drumbeat - (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown signal, signaling, sign - any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped" tattoo - a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | |
| 3. | drumbeat - a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause; "the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq" advocacy, protagonism - active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something |
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