Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drumfire

/ˈdɹʌmfaɪə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: drum-fire
IPA: /ˈdɹʌmfaɪə(ɹ)/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A sustained attack.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The past year has seen a shart rise in the drumfire of attacks on one of management's most highly regarded methods of executive incentive payments — the stock option."

Etymology

From drum + fire, calque of German Trommelfeuer.

Usage

Inflected Forms

drumfires (plural)

Synonyms

cannonade

Questions

How do you pronounce drumfire?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɹʌmfaɪə(ɹ)/.
What does drumfire mean?: Heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire.
Where does drumfire come from?: From drum + fire, calque of German Trommelfeuer.

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