See also: Strum and strům

English edit

Etymology edit

Variant of thrum.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /strʌm/
  • Rhymes: -ʌm
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Verb edit

strum (third-person singular simple present strums, present participle strumming, simple past and past participle strummed)

Examples
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  1. (transitive, intransitive) To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various strings simultaneously.

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Noun edit

strum (plural strums)

  1. The sound made by playing various strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.
    hear the strum of a guitar
  2. The act of strumming.
    give the banjo a little strum

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Anagrams edit

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Slav.[1]

Noun edit

strum m (definite strumi)

  1. pool

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “strum”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 404

Further reading edit

  • strum”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “strum”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980