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drumfire

/ˈdɹʌmfaɪə(ɹ)/

drumfire noun: heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire.

Noun

drumfire (countable and uncountable, plural drumfires)

  1. Heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire.
  2. (figuratively) A sustained attack.
    • The past year has seen a shart rise in the drumfire of attacks on one of management's most highly regarded methods of executive incentive payments — the stock option.1960, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business, Operations of Small Business Investment Companies: Hearings... (page 120)

drumfire meaning in Tamil

drumfire in Tamil

வேட்டுத் தீ

Forms of drumfire

pluraldrumfires

Origin of drumfire

From drum + fire, calque of German Trommelfeuer.

Questions about drumfire

What does drumfire mean?
Drumfire means heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire.
What is drumfire in Tamil?
Drumfire in Tamil is வேட்டுத் தீ. See Drumfire meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is drumfire?
Drumfire is a noun.
How do you pronounce drumfire?
Drumfire is pronounced /ˈdɹʌmfaɪə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of drumfire?
The plural of drumfire is drumfires.

Words near drumfire in the dictionary

  1. Drumburgh
  2. Drumchapel
  3. Drumcondra
  4. drumette
  5. drumettes
  6. drumfire
  7. drumfires
  8. drumfish
  9. drumfishes
  10. drumful
  11. drumfuls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drumfire (page history and authors); drumfire (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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