Paradiddle

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  paradiddle \paradiddle\ n.
     The sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly
     and continuously.
  
     Syn: roll, drum roll.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paradiddle
       n : the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly
           and continuously [syn: {roll}, {drum roll}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "paradiddle":
     barrage, beat, beating, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire,
     drumming, flutter, palpitation, patter, pitapat, pitter-patter,
     pound, pounding, pulsation, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat,
     rataplan, rattattoo, roll, rub-a-dub, ruff, ruffle, spatter,
     splutter, sputter, staccato, tat-tat, tattoo, throb, throbbing,
     thrum, thumping, tom-tom