Noun: drumbeat 'drúm,beet
- The sound made by beating a drum
"The drumbeat of the marching band could be heard from blocks away";
- rub-a-dub, rataplan
- (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown
"The steady drumbeat accompanied the lowering of the flag at the end of each day"
- A vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause
"the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq"
Derived forms: drumbeats
Type of: advocacy, protagonism, sign, signal, signaling [N. Amer], signalling [Brit, Cdn], sound
Encyclopedia: Drumbeat