Thrum

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. Music To play (a stringed instrument) idly or monotonously: thrummed a guitar.
  • v. To speak, repeat, or recite in a monotonous tone of voice; drone.
  • verb-intransitive. Music To strum idly on a stringed instrument.
  • verb-intransitive. To speak in a monotonous tone of voice; drone.
  • n. A thrumming sound.
  • n. The fringe of warp threads left on a loom after the cloth has been cut off.
  • n. One of these threads.
  • n. A loose end, fringe, or tuft of thread.
  • n. Nautical Short bits of rope yarn inserted into canvas to roughen the surface.
  • v. To cover or trim with thrums; fringe.
  • v. Nautical To sew thrums in (canvas).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A thrumming sound
  • n. The fringe of threads of warp left after cloth has been cut off of a loom
  • n. Any short piece of yarn or rope
  • v. To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.
  • n. Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.
  • n. A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
  • n. A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
  • n. A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
  • v. To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
  • v. To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.
  • verb-intransitive. To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.
  • verb-intransitive. Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise.
  • v. To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner.
  • v. Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The character of being thrumeyed.
  • n. The fringe of threads which remains attached to a loom when the web has been cut off; also, one of such threads.
  • n. Hence Any loose thread, or a mass or tuft of loose filamentous material.
  • n. A tuft, or a collection of tufts; a fringe or tassel.
  • n. pl. Naut., short bits of rope-yarn used for sewing on mats.
  • n. plural Coarse yarn; waste yarn.
  • n. A ragged rocky headland swept by the sea. Also thrum-cap.
  • Made of thrums, or waste yarn: as, a thrum cap or hat.
  • To make of or cover with thrums, or appendages resembling thrums.
  • To thatch.
  • To play with the fingers on a stringed instrument in an idle, listless, monotonous, or unskilful manner; strum.
  • To drum or tap idly on something with the fingers.
  • To play idly or unskilfully on (some stringed instrument) with the fingers; sound by fingering in a listless or monotonous manner.
  • To drum or tap idly on.
  • n. A monotonous sound, as from the careless or unskilful fingering of a guitar or harp.
  • n. A troop.
  • n. A heap.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a thrumming sound
  • v. sound with a monotonous hum
  • v. sound the strings of (a string instrument)
  • v. make a rhythmic sound
  • Verb Form
    thrummed    thrumming    thrums   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sound    go   
    Cross Reference
    rum    play    hum    to thrum over    thrummed mat    thread and thrum   
    Variant
    thrummed    thrumming   
    Form
    thrummed    thrumming   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stamen    fringe    strum    thum   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    whir    droning    rumble    tinkle    drumbeat    purr    whoosh    throb    jangle    clop