Drumming
['drʌmɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of playing drums; 'he practiced his drumming several hours every day'.
Checker: Muriel--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drum
(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.
Edited by Janet
Examples
- He glanced at the foolish pink-faced clock that was drumming out this hideous hour. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Outside the mist turned to rain and in a little while it was raining hard and we heard it drumming on the roof. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I heard him say to himself, stopping at the window in his walk, and drumming on the glass with his fingers. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Then suddenly came a low guggling, gargling sound, and a brisk drumming upon woodwork. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Nobody saw the poor girls drumming at the duets in private. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Pierce