drumfire

English

Etymology

From drum +‎ fire, calque of German Trommelfeuer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɹʌmfaɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɹʌmfaɪɚ/

Noun

drumfire (countable and uncountable, plural drumfires)

  1. Heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire.
  2. (figurative) A sustained attack.
    • 1960, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business, Operations of Small Business Investment Companies: Hearings... (page 120)
      The past year has seen a shart [sic] rise in the drumfire of attacks on one of management's most highly regarded methods of executive incentive payments — the stock option.

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