Drumming is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for DRUMMING in dictionary:

VERB:
• play on a drum
• make a continuous rhythmic noise
• beat (the fingers, feet, etc.) repeatedly on a surface, especially as a sign of impatience or annoyance
• (of a woodpecker) strike the bill rapidly on a dead trunk or branch, especially as a sound indicating a territorial claim
• (of a snipe) vibrate the outer tail feathers in a diving display flight, making a throbbing sound
• give (someone) reliable information or a warning
NOUN:
• the sound made by a drum
• a percussion instrument sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands, typically cylindrical, barrel-shaped, or bowl-shaped, with a taut membrane over one or both ends
• a drum kit
• the percussion section of a band or orchestra.
• a sound made by or resembling that of a drum
• a military drummer.
• a cylindrical container or receptacle
• a rotating cylindrical part in a washing machine, in which the washing is placed.
• a cylindrical part in certain other appliances.
• the circular vertical wall supporting a dome.
• a stone block forming part of a column.
• a house or flat.
• an evening or afternoon tea party of a kind that was popular in the late 18th and early 19th century
• a piece of reliable inside information
• a long, narrow hill, especially one separating two parallel valleys.
• a fish that makes a drumming sound by vibrating its swim bladder, found mainly in estuarine and shallow coastal waters.
• act of drumming
• The act of beating upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the noise which the male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by beating his wings upon his sides.
• the act of playing drums
• a tramp's bundle of belongings.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to beat a drum (a percussion instrument)
• the act of beating a drum

Words related to DRUMMING

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How to use DRUMMING in a sentence

• An old woman, sitting in a ring of women on the left, when the dancing and drumming had reached its height, could not restrain her feelings.
• The drumming and piping rolled in never-ending orchestral effect, while the full chorus rang to its accompaniment throughout the season.
• They could easily be used in drumming by one hand alone, the fingers being thrust into them.
• They looked toward the little man with relief, for the drumming had tortured him.
• He stooped slightly, kept all his limbs very rigid, extending his arms like one giving a benediction, and danced in time to the drumming and singing with quick, sudden steps.
• All kept in their lodges, singing and drumming to keep away the spirits of the dead.
• While waiting for him, our attention was attracted by a curious drumming noise.
• Rufus Strong, aged fourteen, stood by a closed window, listlessly drumming on a pane.
• It was Marion who insisted on his having a third, too, when the second had already set his ears drumming.
• We were all lifted, with visions drumming in our heads.
• The drumming, the song, and the dance stopped simultaneously.
• If there is no piano in the room, drumming on the top of a desk will do as well.
• And then a quaint, drumming noise like the sound of a distant tom-tom summoned them to tea.
• This image was carried seven times round the central hall of the temple with flute-playing, drumming, and hymns, and then taken back to the underground chamber.
• The steady beat on the wagon hoods filled the interior with a hollow drumming vibration.
• We heard more drumming at the door of the third story.
• The assistants are visible upon the interior, drumming and dancing.
• All night they were disturbed by a lot of drumming in the villages.
• Not till the sounds increased, and showed intelligence, as by drumming tunes, did the lads concern themselves, much about the matter.
• Often the showers came at night, and Wade, lying in bed with doors and windows open, could hear it pattering upon the leaves and drumming musically upon the shingles.
• Within that dell I love to hear The flies with their tumultuous humming, And solitary beetles near Amid the bushes softly drumming.
• Unable to sleep well, I heard, just about or before dawn, a distant drumming, like the noise of rain on the window, but recognised immediately as distant rifle-fire.
• Belcher sat still, casting furtive glances at her, and drumming with his fingers on his knees.
• He then stepped upon the redoubt, drumming the usual signal for a parley.

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