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▪ I. ˈdrumming, vbl. n.
[See -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. drum, in various senses.
1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. i. Pref. (1879) 11 With pyping, fluting, dromming, and such like inticements. 1663J. Spencer Prodigies (1665) 228 Apparitions, Voices, Drummings, Noises of Evil Spirits in the Heavens or Earth. 1830Galt Lawrie T. i. vii, The deep and dreadful drumming of the thunder. 1831[see drum v. 4]. 1839Carlyle Chartism v. 141 Ignominious drumming out.
2. The sport of fishing for drum-fish. U.S.
1889in Century Dict.
3. attrib. and Comb.
a1653G. Daniel Idyll iv. 92 As a Tam'd Hare, that Strikes a Drumming fitt. 1832J. Bree St. Herbert's Isle 155 That fatal hive In which..My drumming-stick I plunged.
▪ II. ˈdrumming, ppl. a.
[f. drum v. + -ing2.]
That drums or beats like a drummer.
1593–1638 [see drum v. 2 b, 4]. 1859Tennyson Enid 1022 The drumming thunder of the huger fall At distance. 1875I. L. Bird Sandwich Isl. (1880) 83 There are no horrid, drumming, stabbing mosquitos. |