单词 | drumming |
释义 | drummingn. 1. The action of beating or playing a drum or drums, or of making a noise or movement like the beating of a drum. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > beating drum > [noun] taboringa1400 drumming1541 battery1591 tucking1632 beating1656 stickwork1786 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > expulsion or driving out > specific people from a place, position, or possession > ignominious or forcible drumming1541 outkicking1883 the bum's rush1910 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > regular or alternating rhythm > drumming randana1661 rub-a-duba1661 drumming1663 row dow dow1701 rub-a-dub-dub1714 tattoo1755 rattan1764 drum1810 rataplan1846 kettledrumming1848 tom-tom1863 tattooing1871 tumming1882 tum1911 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of drums tuck of druma1500 dubc1572 dub-a-dub1582 tucking1632 drumming1663 beat1672 vellum thunder1716 rattan1764 hub a dub1777 drum1810 drum beat1817 tom-tomming1833 bum-bum1844 rataplan1846 tom-tom1863 tattooing1871 tumming1882 tan-tan1893 1541 M. Coverdale tr. H. Bullinger Christen State Matrimonye f. lv In comely honest rayment, without pryde, without drommyng & pypynge [Ger. one trummen vnd bochßlen], let them go in to the house of the lorde. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses To Rdr. sig. ¶viv With pyping, fluting, dromming, and such like inticements. 1607 T. Tomkis Lingua ii. iv. sig. E Harke harke, what drummings yonder, Ile laye my life they are come to present the shewe I spake off. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iii. 300 Ile no more drumming, a plague of all drummes. View more context for this quotation 1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies iii. 64 The apparitions, voices, drummings, or antick noises of Spirits in any place whatsoever. a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) ii. ii. 61 In the drumming of a March, or the dancing of a Hornpipe, there is Rhythm, tho' no Metre. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. i. vii. 47 The deep and dreadful drumming of the thunder. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native III. v. viii. 218 The drumming of the storm without..breathed into the chimney strange low utterances that seemed to be the prologue to some tragedy. 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester A drumming, a thrashing. 1936 Down Beat Apr. 12/1 Bab Daley keeps the boys in a groove with his soft swingy drumming. 1978 Audubon Sept. 50/2 At some indeterminate distance to the rear, a ruffed grouse is again engaged in its sporadic drumming. 2011 J. T. Ellison So Close Hand of Death ii. 30 The lieutenant sat..with an uncommon stillness—no fidgeting, no crossing and recrossing of legs, no drumming of fingers. 2. Chiefly with up. The action of attracting or soliciting support, custom, business, etc., esp. vigorously or aggressively. Cf. drum v.1 7b, to drum up 1a at drum v.1 Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] tightingc1000 tolling?c1225 ticement1303 enticinga1340 ticinga1400 atticement1483 allure1534 luring1547 enticement1549 allurement1561 allurance1574 alluring1579 illurement1582 attraction1591 lurement1592 till1596 invitation1602 tract1620 illecebration1624 prolectation1625 invitement1627 inescation1645 inveiglement1653 allectation1656 tracture1658 solicitation1676 drumming1833 come-hither1835 chemistry1898 come-hitherness1918 1833 Constellation (N.Y.) 8 June 308/1 That mode of getting custom, employed by certain merchants, and commonly known by the name of Drumming has been very rife the present season. 1835 Niles' Weekly Reg. 25 Apr. 138/2 After all the parade of names and the drumming up that took place, the court room..was not near filled. 1887 Washington Post 27 July 1/8 The drumming up of business that was lost during the strike. 1908 A. G. Keller Colonization xiii. 514 The representatives of Denmark are mainly factors whose duty lies in the drumming-up of trade. 2010 F. Inglis Short Hist. Celebrity iii. 52 The men of the Kit-Kat Club..had certain high-minded purposes on behalf of the arts and the drumming up of patronage. 3. U.S. The practice of fishing for drum fish; drum fishing.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for other fish grayling fishing1704 sun fishery1782 drum fishing1818 jack fishing1820 bluefishing1838 drumming1849 snappering1870 stingareeing1871 barbelling1876 swordfishing1879 pollacking1886 weakfishing1888 snoeking1937 1849 Spirit of Times 29 Sept. 378/2 I have done nothing in the way of fishing this season that is note-worthy; that drumming exploit in June..excepted. 1908 A. Hunter Huntsman in South I. viii. 191 Cap'n Peyton..had heard and seen drum-fish in the breakers. It was just the day for drumming. 2005 Washington Times (Nexis) 19 June c12 When the ‘drumming’ is good, there is no stopping them from taking the hooks. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) IV. 228 As a Tam'd Hare, that Strikes a Drumming fitt. 1832 J. Bree St. Herbert's Isle 155 That fatal hive In which..My drumming-stick I plunged. 1849Drumming exploit [see sense 3]. 1907 ‘N. Blanchan’ Birds Every Child should Know xvi. 241 On a fallen log..that may have been used as a drumming stand for many years, a male grouse will strut. 1993 Fredericton Visitor Guide 45/1 It includes a Scottish Cultural Weekend with piping and drumming competitions. 2009 D. Henderson in R. K. Wolf Theorizing the Local x. 201 Hari Govinda Ranjitkar..knows a drumming repertoire that is of utmost importance for ritual activities in the city of Bhaktapur. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). drummingadj. That drums (in various senses of drum v.1); of the nature of or characterized by (the sound of) drumming. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adjective] > regular or alternating rhythm > drumming drumming1582 drumbling1630 drummy1831 trampling1841 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil Descr. Liparen in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 95 Theare stroaks stronglye threshing... In the den are drumming gads of steele, parchfulye sparckling [L. striduntque cavernis stricturae Chalybum]. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. D3v His drumming heart cheares vp his burning eye. View more context for this quotation 1639 R. Younge Sinne Stigmatizd 38 The Drunkard commonly hath..a boyling stomacke; rotten Teeth; a stinking Breath; a drumming Eare; [etc.]. 1686 W. W. 3rd Pt. Johnson's Hist. Seven Champions Christendom x. 76 He sent forth such a hideous yell as was like the loud rattle of the drumming wind. 1730 T. Boreman Descr. Three Hundred Animals ii. 134 It [sc. the bittern] thrusts its Bill into a Reed, by the help whereof it makes that lowing or drumming Noise. 1785 Whitehall Evening-post 30 June–2 July The present age has exhibited..its dancing dogs and its drumming hares. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 145/2 The Emeu can produce a hollow drumming sort of note. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 55 The drumming thunder of the huger fall At distance. 1875 I. L. Bird Hawaiian Archipel. ix. 128 There are no horrid, drumming, stabbing mosquitos. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 67 He has a confused memory..of drumming rifle fire. 1939 Boys' Life May 27/1 The storm started with a cold chilly drizzle.., then it became a hard, drumming rain which lasted all night and all day Monday without interruption. 1981 J. White Iron Sceptre xii. 147 His wife had placed a hand over his restlessly drumming fingers. 2008 Independent 17 Dec. (Media section) 14/1 There are some adlanders who have been a little sniffy about the drumming gorilla. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1541adj.1582 |
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