drumming
drumming · drummings
The act of beating a drumThe act of beating a drum.
/ˈdɹʌmɪŋ/
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of beating a drum.
the act of playing drums
(countable, uncountable)A noise resembling that of a drum being beaten.
(countable, uncountable)In many species of catfish, the sound produced by contraction of specialized sonic muscles with subsequent reverberation through the swim bladder.
Forms
plural: drummingsWord family
2 related wordsRelateddrum
Derivedair-drumming
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.