- rub-a-dub, rataplan, drumbeat - the sound made by beating a drum
--1 is a kind of sound
- drumbeat - (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown
--2 is a kind of signal, signaling, sign
--2 has particulars: tattoo- drumbeat - a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause; "the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq"
--3 is a kind of advocacy
- drumbeat - a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause; "the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq"