drumline

The section of the band that consists of a Batterie(no, that is not misspelled), or the field percussion, and a front ensemble, or pit, consisting of mallet and auxiliary percussion and often a bass guitar. The field percussion often consists of 3-4 snares in smaller bands and 7-10 in bigger bands, 4-5 bass drums, 2-3 multi-tenors (quads, quints, or sixpacks), and 2-3 marching cymbals. They are the hardest working, most featured section of the marching band and are often the flashiest as well. When the band enters the stadium, they often march at the back or in the middle, and play a 30 second-1 minute piece of music featuring the drumline, often called a "cadence" or "street beat". The best snare, also called "drum captain" or "center snare", starts the cadence with a signal yell or phrase and keeps the beat for the drumline during the show by yelling "daht" to the beat of the drum major during rests. Sometimes, they will challenge other drumlines to a "drum battle", which consists of playing prepared cadences until one line runs out of ideas and are declared the loser.

1. Our drumline kicked ass! I really liked their cadence, too.

by dvdwinter9 December 3, 2006

drusilla

A girl who is crazy and messed up, but in such an interesting way that you can dig it.

Sure, she's into floggings and all -- but she's the kind of Drusilla who William and Liam would fight over

by Anonymous November 16, 2003

drumline

the best, most awesome section of the band who are always hot and know how to read music (yeah they really do, get over it)

Are you sure the drumline is with the marching band?

by king January 30, 2005

Dumile

A synonym of Simile, a word proposed by Lupe Fiasco to be used amongst rappers in honour of MF DOOM (Daniel Dumile) after his passing on the 31st of October, 2020.

The track Accordion on the Madvillainy album makes extensive use of Dumiles and metaphors.

by gorbzmc January 5, 2021

drumline

1. Section of a marching band that marches while playing percussion and plays the cadence while marching onto the field for a competition
2. An awful movie with a whore core for a colorguard

1. The drumline is playing the cadence. They sound cool.
2. I just watched Drumline. Nick Cannon makes me want to cut myself.

by asdfpoiuy December 28, 2005

drumline

The coolest guys in your school...period.

The drumline is cooler than the starting qurterback, the stoner, and Russel Crowe combined.

by Drumline December 29, 2005

winter drumline

the most amazing thing anyone could ever do when they have that winter time all bored cause marching season is over.

an excuse to see my girlfriend even more and have nice long bus rides together ;)

-everything

-"so now that marching band is over, you want to go to the movies?" "na, sorry, i have winter drumline practice all week and a competition on saturday thats 11 hours away from here."

by Greg-Bass 5 March 27, 2008