Hypertext Webster Gateway: "drumbeat"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Drumbeat \Drum"beat`\, n.
The sound of a beaten drum; drum music.
Whose morning drumbeat, following the sun, and keeping
company with the hours, circles the earth with one
continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of
England. --D. Webster.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
drumbeat
n 1: the sound made by beating a drum [syn: {rub-a-dub}]
2: (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering
the flag at sundown
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