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drumroll

drumroll is the alternative spelling of drum roll.

Meaning of drum roll

Noun

drum roll (plural drum rolls)

  1. A sound produced by hitting a drum repeatedly and rhythmically over short intervals.

Interjection

  1. Used to build up to the punchline of a joke. Compare drumroll, please.

Forms of drumroll

pluraldrumrolls

Questions about drumroll

What does drumroll mean?
Drumroll means used to build up to the punchline of a joke. Compare drumroll, please.
What is drumroll the alternative spelling of?
Drumroll is the alternative spelling of drum roll.
What part of speech is drumroll?
Drumroll is an interjection.

Words near drumroll in the dictionary

  1. drumology
  2. Drumpellier
  3. Drumpf
  4. Drumree
  5. Drumright
  6. drumroll
  7. drumroll, please
  8. drumrolls
  9. Drumry
  10. drums
  11. drums into

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drumroll (page history and authors); drum roll (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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