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drumming

/ˈdɹʌmɪŋ/ sustantivo B1
  1. The act of beating a drum. (countable, uncountable)
  2. A noise resembling that of a drum being beaten. (countable, uncountable)
  3. In many species of catfish, the sound produced by contraction of specialized sonic muscles with subsequent reverberation through the swim bladder. (countable, uncountable)

Plural drummings

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The answer was a perfectly indescribable hiss, and Mowgli kicked up his feet behind, clapped his hands together to applaud himself, and jumped on to Bagheera’s back, where he sat sideways, drumming with his heels on the glossy skin and making the worst faces he could think of at Baloo.
The Jungle Book, p. 32 · B2
Be that as it might, I seemed to see that woman’s figure still clutching at her treasure trove and flying wildly up the winding stair, with her ears ringing perhaps with the muffled screams from behind her and with the drumming of frenzied hands against the slab of stone which was choking her faithless lover’s life out.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 25 · B2
Sherlock Holmes was leaning back in his chair after his whimsical protest, and was unfolding his morning paper in a leisurely fashion, when our attention was arrested by a tremendous ring at the bell, followed immediately by a hollow drumming sound, as if someone were beating on the outer door with his fist.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 34 · C1

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