drumbeat, n.
(drumbeats)
(drumbeats)
a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause
<noun.act>
drumbeat
sample sentences
"the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq"
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(military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown
<noun.communication>
drumbeat
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the sound made by beating a drum
<noun.event>
drumbeat rataplan rub-a-dub
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