Meaning

3 senses
  1. A percussive note in which the drumstick hits both the head and the rim of the drum.

  2. (colloquial)A percussive sting or flourish used to punctuate a joke in a cabaret or vaudeville act.

  3. A shot in which the ball hits the rim of the basket.

Origin

From rim + shot.

From rim + shot.

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Forms

plural: rimshots

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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