'Drumming' definitions:
Definition of 'drumming'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of playing drums; "he practiced his drumming several hours every day"
Definition of 'Drumming'
From: GCIDE
- Drum \Drum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drummed; p. pr. & vb. n. Drumming.]
- 1. To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his wings. [1913 Webster]
- Drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To throb, as the heart. [R.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Drumming'
From: GCIDE
- Drumming \Drum"ming\, n. The act of beating upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the noise which the male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by beating his wings upon his sides. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'drumming'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrhythmia,
- bang,
- barrage,
- bash,
- bat,
- beat,
- beating,
- belt,
- biff,
- blinding,
- blow,
- bonk,
- cat-and-doggish,
- chop,
- clicking,
- clip,
- clout,
- clump,
- crack,
- cut,
- dash,
- dig,
- dint,
- drippy,
- driving,
- drizzling,
- drizzly,
- drub,
- drubbing,
- drum,
- drum music,
- drumbeat,
- drumfire,
- flutter,
- fluttering,
- fusillade,
- heartbeat,
- heartthrob,
- hit,
- jab,
- knock,
- lick,
- misty,
- misty-moisty,
- mizzly,
- palpitant,
- palpitation,
- paradiddle,
- patter,
- pelt,
- pelting,
- pitapat,
- pitter-patter,
- plunk,
- pluvial,
- pluviose,
- pluvious,
- poke,
- pound,
- pounding,
- pouring,
- pulsation,
- pulse,
- punch,
- rainy,
- rap,
- rat-a-tat,
- rat-tat,
- rat-tat-tat,
- rataplan,
- rattattoo,
- rhythm,
- roll,
- rub-a-dub,
- ruff,
- ruffle,
- showery,
- slam,
- slog,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- sock,
- spatter,
- spattering,
- splutter,
- spluttering,
- sputter,
- sputtering,
- staccato,
- streaming,
- stroke,
- swat,
- swing,
- swipe,
- tat-tat,
- tattoo,
- tempo,
- throb,
- throbbing,
- thrum,
- thrumming,
- thump,
- thumping,
- thwack,
- ticking,
- tom-tom,
- whack,
- whop,
- yerk
Words containing 'Drumming'
- Drum,
- Drumly,
- Drummed,
- drum out,
- drum up,
- Bass drum,
- Beat of drum,
- Double drum,
- Drum major,
- Drum winding,
- Fort Drum,
- Horn drum,
- Mire drum,
- Mud drum,
- Snare drum,
- beat the drum,
- bongo drum,
- brake drum,
- drum brake,
- drum majorette,
- drum printer,
- drum roll,
- drum sander,
- metal drum,
- red drum,
- side drum,
- steel drum,
- striped drum,
- tenor drum,
- Fort Drum, NY,
- drum-like,
- drum-shaped,
- Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point,
- Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point, MD