strum
1[struhm]
verb (used with object), strummed, strum·ming.
to play on (a stringed musical instrument) by running the fingers lightly across the strings.
to produce (notes, a melody, etc.) by such playing: to strum a tune.
verb (used without object), strummed, strum·ming.
to play on a stringed musical instrument by running the fingers lightly across the strings.
noun
the act of strumming.
the sound produced by strumming.
Origin of strum
1strum
2[struhm]
noun
Origin of strum
2origin uncertain
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Examples from the Web for strum
Contemporary Examples of strum
An airy acoustic guitar begins to strum; a synthesized orchestra begins to swell.
When Guy answered affirmatively, the stranger brought Guy to his apartment to strum some tunes for his wife.
Historical Examples of strum
Being able to strum on the mandoline settled it for me, and jolly thankful I was, too.
Twos and ThreesG. B. Stern
She is ingenious, She used to strum ballads to the moon on my adolescent nerves.
Very WomanRemy de Gourmont
I'm made to strum on the piano for an hour every day, but I hate it.
The Girls of St. Cyprian'sAngela Brazil
He shifted his stool towards the middle of the piano and began to strum again.
The WaveAlgernon Blackwood
It had not the harps of the trees to strum on, but it made shift with the corners of the houses.
H. R.Edwin Lefevre
strum
verb strums, strumming or strummed
Word Origin for strum
C18: probably of imitative origin; see thrum 1
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