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# drumming

verb (-ing form of drum: drum, drums, drummed, drumming); noun (drumming, uncountable)

«drumming» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Drumming is playing a drum or drums. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumming/#m1)
2. Drumming is a repeated beating or tapping sound, like rain on a roof or fingers on a table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumming/#m2)
3. (noun) Drumming is the music or skill of playing drums. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumming/#m3)

### In the lessons

In music lessons it is about rhythm and beat; drumming is used in many cultures, such as African, Japanese taiko and Irish bodhrán drumming. In stories it describes sounds: «the drumming of rain». In everyday life, drumming your fingers shows impatience. Phrases: «drumming your fingers», «drum up support», «drum something into someone».

### Examples

- She is learning drumming at school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumming/#x1)
- The drumming of the rain kept me awake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumming/#x2)
- He was drumming his fingers on the desk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumming/#x3)
- Taiko drumming comes from Japan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumming/#x4)
- The woodpecker was drumming on the tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumming/#x5)
- We heard drumming from the parade. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumming/#x6)
- They are drumming up support for the school fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumming/#x7)

### Note

Double the m: drum → drummed, drumming, drummer. «Drum up» means to get people to help or buy. «Drum something into someone» means to teach it by repeating it many times. Woodpeckers drum on trees to make a noise, not only to find food.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «drumming» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumming/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«drumming» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/drumming.html) on Mova free.