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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Drumming

/drŭm'-ĭng/ · Drum·ming · IPA /ˈdɹʌmɪŋ/
01 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 u…
  1. 1.
    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.