🥁 A group of drummers 🔊 A drum rhythm

drumline

3.7

A repeated pattern of drum beats that keeps the rhythm in a song

noun
/ˈdrʌmˌlaɪn/

: secuencia de tambores

The energetic drumline kept everyone in step during the parade.

Examples

At the football game, the drumline added excitement to the team's entrance.
I heard he made the drumline.

Drumline (2002)
The marching band's lively drumline provided the perfect rhythm for their performance.

Synonyms

drumbeat

vsdrumline

4 1.6

A repeated sound made by hitting a drum

is a specific repeated pattern providing rhythmic accompaniment in marching ensembles

drumming

vsdrumline

2 1.8

Playing drums to make music

is a specific repeated accompaniment pattern rather than the general act of playing

steady drumbeat

vsdrumline

1 3.4

A regular rhythm from drums that marks time and creates a mood

is a patterned sequence used for accompaniment rather than a steady pulse

How Continuous

roll

218 2.7

drumline

3.7

pattern

∞ 2.3

beat

299 1.0

Surface Forms

drumline singular

drumlines plural

Morphology

drumline = drum + line (transparent) = drum + line

The sense 'a repeated sequence of drum beats' can be understood as 'a drum line' (a sequence/line of drum sounds), a meaning derivable from the compound elements.

Etymology

Drumline combines drum and line, where line can mean a 'series' or 'continuous row'. Picture a line of steady drum beats moving forward, and you get a drumline as the repeated drum pattern that leads the rhythm.