Usually means: Prolonged percussive roll on drums.
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  1. drumroll: Merriam-Webster
  2. drumroll: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. drumroll: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Drumroll, drumroll: Wordnik
  5. drumroll: Wiktionary
  6. drumroll: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. drumroll: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. drumroll: Dictionary.com
  9. drumroll: TheFreeDictionary.com

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noun:  Alternative spelling of drum roll [A sound produced by hitting a drum repeatedly and rhythmically over short intervals.]

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