drum machine

noun

: an electronic device that simulates the sound of drums

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Mighty Bay has tears in his eyes from laughing so hard at the funky drum machine beats of Keith LeBlanc’s Major Malfunction, coming around to it by the final track. Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2025 Roland Debuts a New Drum Machine Courtesy of Roland Roland has announced its first analog drum machine in decades. Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 4 Oct. 2025 The song co-written by Gaga with Andrew Watt and Henry Walter — and co-produced by the singer, Watt and Cirkut — has a bouncy 1980s electro pop vibe, propelled by funhouse keyboards and bright drum machine beats as Gaga muses about hoofing it to the end. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2025 But drum machines and synthesizers began replacing live instrumentation. Chris Almeida, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drum machine

Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of drum machine was in 1976

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“Drum machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drum%20machine. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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