thrum
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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- Rhymes: -ʌm
Etymology [edit]
Akin to Old Norse þrömr, edge, brim (Danish tromme), German Trumm. Cognate to Albanian thrumbe (“kind of shrub”).
Noun [edit]
thrum (plural thrums)
- A thrumming sound
- The fringe of threads of warp left after cloth has been cut off of a loom
- Any short piece of yarn or rope
Translations [edit]
Verb [edit]
thrum (third-person singular simple present thrums, present participle thrumming, simple past and past participle thrummed)
- To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
- She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.
- To make a monotonous drumming noise.
- to thrum on a table
