rub-a-dub

2 definitions found

rub-a-dub - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ruba-dub \Rub"a-dub\, n.
     The sound of a drum when continuously beaten; hence, a
     clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The rubadub of the abolition presses.    --D. Webster.
     [1913 Webster]

rub-a-dub - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  rub-a-dub
      n 1: the sound made by beating a drum [syn: rub-a-dub,
           rataplan, drumbeat]