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drummed |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drum \Drum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drummed}; p. pr & vb n. {Drumming}.] 1. To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum. 2. To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that of a beaten drum; as the ruffed grouse drums with his wings. Drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair. --W. Irving. 3. To throb, as the heart. [R.] --Dryden. 4. To go about as a drummer does to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for
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