drumming

IPA: drˈʌmɪŋ

The act of beating a drum.
A noise resembling that of a drum being beaten.
In many species of catfish, the sound produced by contraction of specialized sonic muscles with subsequent reverberation through the swim bladder.

Examples of "drumming" in Sentences

Mr. Sharpton is expected to play a significant role in drumming up support for her campaign.
The whole Clinton administration was an exercise in drumming up business for himself after he left office.
Max Weinberg's drumming is a massive, martial heartbeat, booming against the ribs of the songs in fear and defiance.
Sarah turned away again, but this time, not even the rain drumming against the roof was enough to drown out her sobs.
K, Strip to your loincloth, begin drumming and doing your special Grizzly Dance, while imploring Brother Grizzly to impart his sacred wisdom.
CNN was second only to Foxnews in drumming up support for the war, telling us to be scared out of our witts, resulting in 80% support for the war by the public at its start because we 'had to' invade.