heavy, rapid, and continuous gunfire, the sound of which resembles rapid drumbeats
drumfire in American English
(ˈdrʌmˌfaɪr)
noun
heavy and continuous gunfire, thought of as resembling a drumroll
drumfire in American English
(ˈdrʌmˌfaiᵊr)
noun
gunfire so heavy and continuous as to sound like the beating of drums
Word origin
[1915–20; drum1 + fire]This word is first recorded in the period 1915–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: costar, feedback, markup, soviet, supernationalism