Usually means: Electronic device that simulates percussion.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. drum machine: Merriam-Webster
  2. drum machine: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. drum machine: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. drum machine: Collins English Dictionary
  5. drum-machine: Wordnik
  6. drum machine: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. drum machine: Wiktionary
  8. drum machine: Dictionary.com
  9. Drum Machine, Drum machine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. drum machine: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. drum machine: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Drum Machine: Game Dictionary
  2. drum machine: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. drum machine: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (drum machine)

▸ noun:  (music) An electronic musical instrument that can be programmed to create percussion sounds, drum beats, and patterns.

Similar:
synthesizer, sequencer, thinking machine, sound system, hyperinstrument, data processing machine, machine, electronic computer, coder, autochanger, more...

Opposite:
acoustic drum, live drum, manual drum, non-electronic drum

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Similar:
synthesizer, sequencer, thinking machine, sound system, hyperinstrument, data processing machine, machine, electronic computer, coder, autochanger, more...

Opposite:
acoustic drum, live drum, manual drum, non-electronic drum



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