thurm

American  

[thurm] / θɜrm /

verb (used with object)

1. to carve (a piece of wood, as a post or table leg) across the grain so as to produce an effect of turning.

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Etymology

Origin of thurm

First recorded in 1895–1900; perhaps metathetic variant of thrum ²

Example Sentences

Orange County resident Tina Thurm received the $7,500 tax credit when she purchased her Tesla Model S in 2020, but said she likely would have bought the car anyway.

From Los Angeles Times

“Nothing should be mandated,” said Thurm, who owns a jewelry business and is now semi-retired at 70 years old.

From Los Angeles Times

He spent a lot of time with Mr. Travolta’s manager sitting on his “back deck getting melanoma and reading scripts,” Mr. Thurm said.

From New York Times

And for many of the biggest movies and TV shows of the last half century, Joel Thurm was a central part of those teams, handpicking the actors whose performances would resonate for decades to come.

From New York Times

“I knew he wasn’t Vinnie Barbarino,” Mr. Thurm said of managing to look past the actor’s biggest role to date, on the ABC sitcom “Welcome Back, Kotter.”

From New York Times