different between punctuate vs rimshot

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin punctuare (“to mark with points”), from Latin punctus, perfect passive participle of pung? (“I prick, punch”); see point, and compare punch and punctate.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??ktju?e?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): [?p??k?u?e?t]

Verb

punctuate (third-person singular simple present punctuates, present participle punctuating, simple past and past participle punctuated)

1. (transitive) To add punctuation to.

2. (transitive) To add or to interrupt at regular intervals.
3. (transitive) To emphasize; to stress.

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Translations

Further reading

• punctuate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• punctuate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Verb

p?nctu?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of p?nctu?

English

Alternative forms

• rim shot

Etymology

rim +? shot

Noun

rimshot (plural rimshots)

1. A percussive note in which the drumstick hits both the head and the rim of the drum.
2. (colloquial) A percussive sting or flourish used to punctuate a joke in a cabaret or vaudeville act.

Usage notes

• Technically, the sting used to punctuate a joke is not a rimshot. A rimshot is a particular note (as in sense 1 above); a sting is a percussive figure consisting of several notes, perhaps a roll followed by a crash cymbal. As noted above, though, colloquially, a sting is also called rimshot.

Further reading

• rimshot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• sting (percussion) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia