Strum

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To play (a stringed musical instrument) by stroking or brushing the strings: strum a banjo.
  • v. To play (music) on a stringed instrument in this way: strum chords on a guitar.
  • verb-intransitive. To play a stringed instrument by strumming.
  • n. The act or sound of strumming.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To play a guitar or other stringed instrument using various strings simultaneously.
  • n. The sound made by playing various strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.
  • n. The act of strumming.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy way; to thrum.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To play unskilfully, or in a vulgar, noisy manner, on a stringed musical instrument of the lute or harp kind, as a guitar, banjo, or zither, or (by extension) on a pianoforte; thrum.
  • To play upon carelessly or unskilfully, as a stringed instrument; produce by rough manipulation of musical chords.
  • To produce a specified effect upon by strumming on a musical instrument.
  • n. A strumming; a careless or discordant performance on a stringed instrument.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. sound the strings of (a string instrument)
  • n. sound of strumming
    • Verb Form
    strummed    strumming    strums   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sound   
    Variant
    strummed    strumming   
    Form
    strummed    strumming    strummer   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    thrum   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brum    Krum    Mum    alum    become   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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