Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
drum-roll
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Very light, very hurried steps, but the bare, glossy wood turned them into a muffled drum-roll.
Usage examples of "drum-roll".
Light feet beat a sharp drum-roll on the wooden treads at Cadfael’s back, and an impetuous body overtook him in the doorway of the long dortoir, and swept him several yards down the tiled corridor between the cells.
Light feet beat a sharp drum-roll on the wooden treads at Cadfael's back, and an impetuous body overtook him in the doorway of the long dortoir, and swept him several yards down the tiled corridor between the cells.
A double drum-roll rumbled into the late afternoon, and now the gray-clad Iron Guard foot marched forward toward the concentrated knot of Sarronnese foot, backed with the remaining archers and perhaps two squads of cavalry.