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paradiddles

paradiddles is the plural of paradiddle.

Meaning of paradiddle

Noun

paradiddle (plural paradiddles)

  1. A percussive exercise (one of 26 drum rudiments per the National Association of Rudimental Drummers or one of 40 per the Percussive Arts Society) which involves playing four even strokes in the order ‘right left right right’ or ‘left right left left.’
    • I mean, as a drummer, you're sitting at a practice pad for hours on end, doing paradiddles and all the exercises you learn for your craft.2023 December 8, The Big Issue, Melbourne, page 33, column 2

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Phrases with paradiddles

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What is paradiddles the plural of?
Paradiddles is the plural of paradiddle.

Words near paradiddles in the dictionary

  1. paradiddle diddle
  2. paradiddle diddles
  3. paradiddle-diddle
  4. paradiddle-diddles
  5. paradiddled
  6. paradiddles
  7. paradiddling
  8. paradidymis
  9. paradifferential
  10. paradigalla
  11. paradigallas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paradiddles (page history and authors); paradiddle (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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