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单词 drumming
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drummingn.

Brit. /ˈdrʌmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdrəmɪŋ/
Forms: see drum n.1 and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: drum n.1, -ing suffix1; drum v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: Partly < drum n.1 + -ing suffix1, and partly (in later use) < drum v.1 + -ing suffix1.With sense 3 compare drum n.1 6.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

Brit. /ˈdrʌmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdrəmɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: drum v.1, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < drum v.1 + -ing suffix2.
That drums (in various senses of drum v.1); of the nature of or characterized by (the sound of) drumming.
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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).
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