əˈplæn noun
1.
a sound of or as of the beating of a drum.
verb (used without object)
2.
to produce such a sound.
Origin:
1840–50; < French; imitative
1840–50; < French; imitative
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| —n | |
| a drumming sound | |
| [from French, of imitative origin] | |
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