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drum talk

drum talk noun: communication over distance effected through the means of drums.

Noun

drum talk (uncountable)

  1. Communication over distance effected through the means of drums.
    • The half-breed shrugged his broad shoulders. "The Indians know. They have their own way. They watch us. They talk the drum talk to each other. Kill us if they can." By the afternoon of that day - my pocket diary shows me that it was Tuesday, August 18th - at least six or seven drums were throbbing...1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Questions about drum talk

What does drum talk mean?
Drum talk means communication over distance effected through the means of drums.
What part of speech is drum talk?
Drum talk is a noun.

Words near drum talk in the dictionary

  1. drum rolls
  2. drum set
  3. drum sets
  4. drum stick
  5. drum sticks
  6. drum talk
  7. drum tower
  8. drum towers
  9. drum up
  10. drum'n'bass
  11. drum-dried

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