Synonyms and related words :
abrasion, atomization, attrition, barrage, beat, beating, brecciation, clicking, comminution, crumbling, crushing, detrition, disintegration, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire, drumming, flutter, fluttering, fragmentation, granulation, granulization, grating, grinding, levigation, mashing, palpitant, palpitation, paradiddle, patter, pitapat, pitter-patter, pound, powdering, pulsation, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rataplan, rattattoo, roll, rub-a-dub, ruff, ruffle, shredding, smashing, spatter, spattering, splutter, spluttering, sputter, sputtering, staccato, tat-tat, tattoo, throb, throbbing, thrum, thrumming, thumping, ticking, tom-tom, trituration