Thesaurus results for DRUMMED

drummed

verb

past tense of drum

as in tapped

to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically absentmindedly drumming his fingers on the table

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Recent Examples of drummed The man next to me on Saturday air-drummed the entire show, and a couple behind me kept commenting about how happy Hetfield looked on the big screen during every song. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026 Rain drummed against the bus windshield on the drive to Michigan. — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 11 July 2026 For 90 minutes, supporters waved flags, drummed, danced, and sang, but by the end of the evening the soccer scoreline mattered far less than what unfolded in the crowd. — Latif Love july 4, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026 Veterinary technicians took out their tackle boxes of medications and sedated the whale, and then the tribe prayed, drummed, and offered thanks to the whale and to the people who tried to help it. — Robin Romm, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026 Harabeoji drummed his fingers on his knees. — Literary Hub, 1 May 2026 Houbeck, who is White, posted a comment to a public Facebook page saying that the San Dieguito Union High School District had celebrated Black History Month by hosting a high school event where people in tribal outfits just drummed and danced around. — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026 In the clip, Connie-Perkins could be seen covering her mouth as her peers stood up and applauded, drummed their desks and shouted in excitement. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026 As the city drummed to life, spectators nudged up to the barricades for a better look, before Gu entered stage left in a red Ford Mustang convertible in a matching red dress. — Noah Furtado, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2026

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Back in 2013, a publisher tapped me to write a book on Cruise’s filmography, detailing how a go-getting actor of limited range willed himself into becoming a global superstar.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Josh Goldstine is being tapped as the head of Marketing and Distribution of all Skydance film labels including Paramount and Warner Bros, Deadline has confirmed.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of tapped

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On this day in 1960, one of the most shocking and iconic Cold War moments unfolded when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev brandished and banged his shoe at the United Nations.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026
Both banged off the Tropicana Field catwalk in foul territory, nullifying the catch made on both of them.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026