Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun drumbeat

3 senses of drumbeat

Sense 1
rub-a-dub, rataplan, drumbeat -- (the sound made by beating a drum)
       => sound -- (the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them")

Sense 2
drumbeat -- ((military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown)
       => signal, signaling, sign -- (any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped")

Sense 3
drumbeat -- (a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause; "the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq")
       => advocacy, protagonism -- (active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something)