A drum roll is a series of drumbeats that follow each other so quickly that they make a continuous sound. A drum roll is often used to show that someone important is arriving, or to introduce someone.
A long drum roll introduced the trapeze artists.
Examples of 'drum roll' in a sentence
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Their comrades continued the drum roll as the prisoner was led to the wooden poles.
Iain Gale Man of Honour (2007)
All that was missing was a drum roll and a velvet curtain.