strum
English edit
Etymology edit
Variant of thrum.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
strum (third-person singular simple present strums, present participle strumming, simple past and past participle strummed)
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- (transitive, intransitive) To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various strings simultaneously.
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Translations edit
play a stringed instrument
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Noun edit
strum (plural strums)
- The sound made by playing various strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.
- hear the strum of a guitar
- The act of strumming.
- give the banjo a little strum
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Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Slav.[1]
Noun edit
strum m (definite strumi)
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “strum”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 404