drummed

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drummed - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Drum \Drum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drummed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Drumming.]
     1. To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a
        drum.
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     2. To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with
        a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that
        of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his
        wings.
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              Drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair.
                                                    --W. Irving.
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     3. To throb, as the heart. [R.] --Dryden.
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     4. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to
        draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for.
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