Associations to the word «Drumbeat»
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Wiktionary
DRUMBEAT, noun. The beating of a drum.
DRUMBEAT, noun. The sound of a beating drum.
DRUMBEAT, noun. (figuratively) Forceful support of a cause.
Dictionary definition
DRUMBEAT, noun. The sound made by beating a drum.
DRUMBEAT, noun. (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown.
DRUMBEAT, noun. A vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause; "the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.