Definition of "paradiddle" in Anglais

noun

1. (music) A percussive exercise (one of 26 drum rudiments per the National Association of Rudimental Drummers or one of 40 per the Percussive Arts Society) which involves playing four even strokes in the order ‘right left right right’ or ‘left right left left.’

verb

1. To produce percussive sounds of this kind.