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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Ruba-dub

· Rub·a-dub · IPA
01 n. The sound of a drum when continuously beaten; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter.
  1. 1.
    The sound of a drum when continuously beaten; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter.
    “The rubadub of the abolition presses.” — D. Webster.