drumbeat

English Thesaurus

1. a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause (noun.act)

hypernym	:	advocacy, protagonism,
definition	:	active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something (noun.act)

2. (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	sign, signal, signaling,
definition	:	any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	tattoo,
definition	:	a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters (noun.communication)

domain category	:	armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine,
definition	:	the military forces of a nation (noun.group)

3. the sound made by beating a drum (noun.event)

hypernym	:	sound,
definition	:	the sudden occurrence of an audible event (noun.event)