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rum-pum-pum-pum

rum-pum-pum-pum is the clipping of pa-rum-pum-pum-pum.

Meaning of pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

Interjection

  1. (onomatopoeic) Imitation of drumming sounds; especially in reference to "The Little Drummer Boy," and the rhythm the titular drummer boy performed at the Nativity of Jesus.

Questions about rum-pum-pum-pum

What is rum-pum-pum-pum the clipping of?
Rum-pum-pum-pum is the clipping of pa-rum-pum-pum-pum.

Words near rum-pum-pum-pum in the dictionary

  1. rum-dumb
  2. rum-dumm
  3. rum-dums
  4. Rum-Johnnies
  5. Rum-Johnny
  6. rum-pum-pum-pum
  7. rum-runner
  8. rum-runners
  9. rum-tum
  10. rum-tums
  11. Rum-ville

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rum-pum-pum-pum (page history and authors); pa-rum-pum-pum-pum (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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