drum machine

noun

: an electronic device that simulates the sound of drums

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The 40-year-old singer Ryan Davis, a cowboy wiseacre with a drum machine and the patience for 11-minute anthems, riffs merrily on such existential mysteries. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025 Alongside partner Kevin McKillop, the titular Moose in early ’90s shoegaze progenitor group of the same name, Berenyi sketched out dream-pop reductions aided by drum machine. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025 After replacing Jones, Strummer and manager/producer Bernie Rhodes replaced the band with drum machines and synths. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2025 Vivid memories of countless nights spent watching bad cult movies with my childhood friends flooded my mind, accompanied by the energetic drum machine pulses and synthesizer melodies of famed B-movie composer Chuck Cirino’s score for Deathstalker II. Bear McCreary, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drum machine

Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 18 Dec. 2025.

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