Synonyms and related words :
arrhythmia, bang, barrage, bash, bat, beat, beating, belt, biff, blinding, blow, bonk, cat-and-doggish, chop, clicking, clip, clout, clump, crack, cut, dash, dig, dint, drippy, driving, drizzling, drizzly, drub, drubbing, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire, flutter, fluttering, fusillade, heartbeat, heartthrob, hit, jab, knock, lick, misty, misty-moisty, mizzly, palpitant, palpitation, paradiddle, patter, pelt, pelting, pitapat, pitter-patter, plunk, pluvial, pluviose, pluvious, poke, pound, pounding, pouring, pulsation, pulse, punch, rainy, rap, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rataplan, rattattoo, rhythm, roll, rub-a-dub, ruff, ruffle, showery, slam, slog, slug, smack, smash, sock, spatter, spattering, splutter, spluttering, sputter, sputtering, staccato, streaming, stroke, swat, swing, swipe, tat-tat, tattoo, tempo, throb, throbbing, thrum, thrumming, thump, thumping, thwack, ticking, tom-tom, whack, whop, yerk,