drumming - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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• IPA(key): /ˈdɹʌmɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ʌmɪŋ

drumming (countable and uncountable, plural drummings)

1. The act of beating a drum.
2. A noise resembling that of a drum being beaten.
3. In many species of catfish, the sound produced by contraction of specialized sonic muscles with subsequent reverberation through the swim bladder.

• air-drumming

drumming

1. present participle and gerund of drum

• drummingly