drumbeat
English
noun
Definitions
- The beating of a drum.
- The sound of a beating drum.
- (by extension) A repetitive beating sound.
- (figuratively) A driving force.
Etymology
Compound from English drum (instrument) + English beat.
Origin
English
beat
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Eurobeat English
- Merseybeat English
- abeat English
- afrobeat English
- afterbeat English
- backbeat English
- beat English
- beatable English
- beatbox English
- beatdown English
- beatee English
- beaten English
- beater English
- beatest English
- beateth English
- beatless English
- beatmaker English
- beatmatching English
- beatscape English
- beatsman English
- beatsmith English
- bedrum English
- bluebeat English
- breakbeat English
- browbeat English
- counterbeat English
- downbeat English
- drum English
- drumbeater English
- drumbeating English
- drumdried English
- drumette English
- drumfire English
- drumfish English
- drumful English
- drumfunk English
- drumhead English
- drumless English
- drumlike English
- drumline English
- drummer English
- drummest English
- drummeth English
- drummie English
- drummist English
- drummy English
- drumology English
- drumskin English
- drumstick English
- eardrum English
- forbeat English
- forebeat English
- freakbeat English
- heartbeat English
- hoofbeat English
- hyperbeat English
- inbeat English
- interbeat English
- kettledrum English
- kickdrum English
- midbeat English
- misbeat English
- nanodrum English
- offbeat English
- onbeat English
- overbeat English
- pulsebeat English
- redrum English
- rollerdrum English
- swingbeat English
- tailbeat English
- tobeat English
- unbeatability English
- unbeatable English
- upbeat English
- wingbeat English
- worldbeat English
- beat Finnish
- beat Italian
- beat Dutch, Flemish
- drum Dutch, Flemish
- ドラム Japanese
- beten Middle English
- druma Irish
- drwm Welsh
- trommelslach Middle Dutch
- 드럼 Korean
- ibhithi Zulu
- drom Mauritian Creole
- ndarama Kikuyu, Gikuyu
- bit Nigerian Pidgin
- beat
- drum
- abeat
- inbeat
- redrum
- tobeat
- onbeat
- bedrum
- beaten
- beater
- drummy
- upbeat
- beatee
- drummer
- beatest
- beateth
- eardrum
- midbeat
- misbeat
- offbeat
- forbeat
- drumful
- drummie
- beatbox
- forebeat
- beatsman
- drumfish
- kickdrum
- drummist
- drummeth
- downbeat
- Eurobeat
- drumlike
- drumskin
- tailbeat
- afrobeat
- beatless
- drumhead
- drumfunk
- backbeat
- drumline
- hoofbeat
- bluebeat
- drumless
- beatdown
- overbeat
- drummest
- wingbeat
- drumfire
- beatable
- nanodrum
- drumette
- browbeat
- freakbeat
- pulsebeat
- drumdried
- drumology
- breakbeat
- heartbeat
- afterbeat
- interbeat
- beatsmith
- worldbeat
- hyperbeat
- swingbeat
- beatscape
- beatmaker
- drumstick
- kettledrum
- drumbeater
- Merseybeat
- unbeatable
- rollerdrum
- drumbeating
- counterbeat
- beatmatching
- unbeatability