Drumming

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Drum.

II. Drumming ·noun 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.

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