strum

See also: Strum and strům

English

Etymology

Variant of thrum.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌm

Verb

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

Derived terms

• strummer

Translations

play a stringed instrument

• Finnish: rämpyttää (fi)
• French: racler (fr), gratter (fr)
• German: schrammeln (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: rakiraki, rakuraku
• Spanish: rasguear (es)
• Vietnamese: gảy (vi), khảy

Noun

strum (plural strums)

1. The sound made by playing various strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.
2. The act of strumming.

Anagrams

• turms