Synonyms of drumming

drumming

verb

present participle of drum

as in tapping

to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically

absentmindedly drumming his fingers on the table

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tapping
• banging
• pounding
• rapping
• clapping
• beating
• patting
• hitting
• batting
• knocking
• slamming
• thumping
• clicking
• hammering
• smacking
• bopping
• thudding
• whacking
• clattering
• bashing
• thwacking
• swatting
• flicking
• pinging
• striking
• socking
• clinking
• walloping
• pasting
• chinking
• tipping
• bonking
• pitter-pattering
• chucking
• pit-a-patting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drumming

Limitation has always been their jam — from the three-color palette to the two-person format, from Meg White’s satisfying-n’-simple drumming to Jack White‘s insistence on cheap plastic guitars. — Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026

At the track’s apex Korten explodes in and out of dissonant broken chords against Mark Shim’s angular saxophone lines, an unexpected development that sneaks up on you thanks to Sorey’s sticky, slowly evolving drumming. — Rae-Aila Crumble, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026

The San Jose Police Emerald Society Pipe and Drum band will be piping and drumming at Willow Glen Town Square on Lincoln Avenue, and a pop-up choir will be roaming VTA light-rail trains and stations throughout the day. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 21 June 2026

And drumming — so much drumming. — Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 15 June 2026

Han starts drumming on the table with his empty cup. — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026

Nilles, meanwhile, won over fans from her first cymbal crash and wove through every drumming nuance created by Peart. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 June 2026

This season also brought the Jackals — a group that was envisioned by Wembanyama with hopes of simulating what happens in European soccer matches, with organized chants, drumming and the like throughout the game. — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026

The characters discuss Rudy Giuliani’s controversial stop-and-frisk police policies, and Knuck is part of a sidewalk bucket drumming group. — Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026