( n. )
The act of beating upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the noise which the male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by beating his wings upon his sides.
( n. )
The act of beating upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the noise which the male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by beating his wings upon his sides.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012