drumbeat
1. the sound made by beating a drum • Syn: rub-a-dub, rataplan • Hypernyms: sound 2. (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown • Topics: military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine • Hypernyms: signal, signaling, sign • Hyponyms: tattoo 3. a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause - the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq • Hypernyms: advocacy, protagonism
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