Usually means: Rapid, continuous drumming sound effect.
Definitions Related words Mentions Lyrics
We found 15 dictionaries that define the word drum roll:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. drum roll: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. drum roll: Collins English Dictionary
  3. drum roll: Vocabulary.com
  4. drum-roll: Wordnik
  5. drum roll: Wiktionary
  6. drum roll: Dictionary.com
  7. Drum roll: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. drum roll: Rhymezone
  9. drum roll: FreeDictionary.org
  10. drum roll: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. drum roll: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. drum roll: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. drum roll: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Drum Roll: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See drum_rolls as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (drum roll)

▸ noun:  A sound produced by hitting a drum repeatedly and rhythmically over short intervals.

Similar:
paradiddle, roll, drumming, percussion, rubadub, rattle, tympany, ring, bang, clap, more...

Types:
paradiddle, flam, drag, ratamacue, single stroke roll, double stroke roll, diddle, more...

Adjectives:
heterodyne, pulsatory, beat, siren, screed, pulsatile, jungle, anapestic, drummy, skank, upbeat



▸ Words similar to drum roll

▸ Usage examples for drum roll

▸ Idioms related to drum roll

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Words that often appear near drum roll

▸ Rhymes of drum roll

▸ Invented words related to drum roll

Similar:
paradiddle, roll, drumming, percussion, rubadub, rattle, tympany, ring, bang, clap, more...

Types:
paradiddle, flam, drag, ratamacue, single stroke roll, double stroke roll, diddle, more...

Adjectives:
heterodyne, pulsatory, beat, siren, screed, pulsatile, jungle, anapestic, drummy, skank, upbeat



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "drum roll" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux