paradiddle

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

paradiddle
    n 1: the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten
         rapidly and continuously [syn: {paradiddle}, {roll}, {drum
         roll}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

paradiddle \paradiddle\ n.
   The sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly
   and continuously.

   Syn: roll, drum roll.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "paradiddle":
      barrage, beat, beating, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire,
      drumming, flutter, palpitation, patter, pitapat, pitter-patter,
      pound, pounding, pulsation, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat,
      rataplan, rattattoo, roll, rub-a-dub, ruff, ruffle, spatter,
      splutter, sputter, staccato, tat-tat, tattoo, throb, throbbing,
      thrum, thumping, tom-tom

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