bum-bumn.

Brit.

/ˈbʌmbʌm/, U.S.

/ˈbəmˌbəm/

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative of the sound of a regular drumbeat. Compare tum-tum n.¹ and adv.

The sound of a regular or monotonous drumbeat; a piece of music, or any sound, that is monotonously regular or repetitive. Cf. tum-tum n.¹ and adv.

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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

1844 St. James's Chron. 10 Sept. They gave a shout and a bum bum; the whole of the companies broke off.

1878 C. Tuttle Border Tales 67 The music seems to him..nothing but a bum-bum.

1893 Cent. Mag. June 235/1 The whir of the spinning-wheel, or the ‘bum bum’ of the loom effaced it a moment.

1929 Bks. Abroad 3 186 The bum! bum! of his big drum.

2009 Washington Post (Nexis) 16 Aug. f1 I could hear the drums from blocks away. Instead of a steady bum-bum, though, the sounds drifting through Asheville's downtown core made an exuberant cacophony.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bum-bum
释义	bum-bumn. Brit. /ˈbʌmbʌm/, U.S. /ˈbəmˌbəm/ Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative of the sound of a regular drumbeat. Compare tum-tum n.¹ and adv. The sound of a regular or monotonous drumbeat; a piece of music, or any sound, that is monotonously regular or repetitive. Cf. tum-tum n.¹ and adv. ΘΚΠ 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 1844 St. James's Chron. 10 Sept. They gave a shout and a bum bum; the whole of the companies broke off. 1878 C. Tuttle Border Tales 67 The music seems to him..nothing but a bum-bum. 1893 Cent. Mag. June 235/1 The whir of the spinning-wheel, or the ‘bum bum’ of the loom effaced it a moment. 1929 Bks. Abroad 3 186 The bum! bum! of his big drum. 2009 Washington Post (Nexis) 16 Aug. f1 I could hear the drums from blocks away. Instead of a steady bum-bum, though, the sounds drifting through Asheville's downtown core made an exuberant cacophony. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1844
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