Definition of drumbeat Drumbeat

/dɹʌˈmbiˌt/ - [drumbeet] - drum•beat

We found 8 definitions of drumbeat from 4 different sources.

What does drumbeat mean?

Noun Plural: drumbeats
drumbeat - (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown
		signaling, signal, sign any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped"
		armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
drumbeat - a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause; "the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq"
drumbeat - the sound made by beating a drum
		rub-a-dub, rataplan