drumbeat

noun

1. the sound made by beating a drum

Similar word(s): rataplan

Definition categories: event, sound

2. (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown

Definition categories: communication, sign, signal, signaling

3. a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause

- the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq

Definition categories: act, advocacy, protagonism