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drumbeats

drumbeats is the plural of drumbeat.

Meaning of drumbeat

Noun

drumbeat (plural drumbeats)

  1. The beating of a drum.
  2. The sound of a beating drum.
    • This is not the drumbeat of a single drummer leading a charge.2015, Tom Liam Lynch, The Hidden Role of Software in Educational Research, page 54
  3. (broadly) A repetitive beating sound.
    • This music has a groovy drumbeat that makes me dance!
  4. (figuratively) A driving force.
    • Nevertheless, greatness rarely receives public approval, because most people spend their lives goose-stepping to the drumbeat of economic necessity.1996, Paulette D. Kilmer, The Fear of Sinking, page 48

Questions about drumbeats

What is drumbeats the plural of?
Drumbeats is the plural of drumbeat.

Words near drumbeats in the dictionary

  1. drumbeat
  2. drumbeater
  3. drumbeaters
  4. drumbeating
  5. drumbeatings
  6. drumbeats
  7. Drumbeg
  8. drumble
  9. drumbled
  10. drumbledore
  11. drumbledores

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