What is the meaning of drumbeat?

noun

  • The sound made by beating a drum.
  • Military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown. (
  • A vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause.
    • usage: "the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq"
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