drum roll

1. 1.

   the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously

   Synonymsparadiddleroll

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Questions about drum roll

What does drum roll mean?

drum roll means "the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously".

What is another word for drum roll?

Close synonyms include paradiddle, roll. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drum roll a common word?

drum roll is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.