"drumming" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹʌmɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-drumming.wav [US] Forms: drummings [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌmɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} drumming (countable and uncountable, plural drummings)
  1. The act of beating a drum. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of beating a drum): ʋuƒoƒo (Ewe), dobolás (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-drumming-en-noun-mEQt98iE Disambiguation of 'the act of beating a drum': 95 4 1
  2. A noise resembling that of a drum being beaten. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-drumming-en-noun-brsHJSA1
  3. In many species of catfish, the sound produced by contraction of specialized sonic muscles with subsequent reverberation through the swim bladder. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-drumming-en-noun-tGajYeNK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: air-drumming

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɹʌmɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-drumming.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ʌmɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} drumming
  1. present participle and gerund of drum Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: drum
    Sense id: en-drumming-en-verb-2IEBrxFx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 39 57

Inflected forms

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