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A tattoo, as of a drum, the hooves of a galloping horse, or machine-gun fire.

The sound or music of the military drum; a tattoo or “rub-a-dub.”

The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse.

A continuous, even drumming or rapping, as of the hooves of a galloping horse, or machine-gun fire.

To drum repeatedly.

the sound made by beating a drum