Usually means: Drum technique for comic effect.
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  1. rim shot: Merriam-Webster
  2. rim shot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rim shot: Wiktionary
  4. Rim-shot, Rim shot: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. rim-shot, rim shot: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Rim shot)

noun:  Alternative spelling of rimshot [A percussive note in which the drumstick hits both the head and the rim of the drum.]

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