drumming

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

drumming
    n 1: the act of playing drums; "he practiced his drumming
         several hours every day"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Drum \Drum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drummed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Drumming}.]
   1. To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a
      drum.
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   2. To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with
      a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that
      of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his
      wings.
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            Drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair.
                                                  --W. Irving.
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   3. To throb, as the heart. [R.] --Dryden.
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   4. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to
      draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Drumming \Drum"ming\, n.
   The act of beating upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the
   noise which the male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by
   beating his wings upon his sides.
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