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Audio Help [struhm] Pronunciation Key, verb, strummed, strum·ming, noun

–verb (used with object)

1.	to play on (a stringed musical instrument) by running the fingers lightly across the strings.

2.	to produce (notes, a melody, etc.) by such playing: to strum a tune.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to play on a stringed musical instrument by running the fingers lightly across the strings.

–noun

4.	the act of strumming.

5.	the sound produced by strumming.

[Origin: 1765–75; perh. b. string and thrum¹

]

—Related forms

strummer, noun

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–noun

a strainer, as at the inlet of a system of tubing.

[Origin: orig. uncert.

]

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strum Audio Help   (strŭm) Pronunciation Key
v.   strummed, strum·ming, strums

v.   tr.

To play (a stringed musical instrument) by stroking or brushing the strings: strum a banjo.
To play (music) on a stringed instrument in this way: strum chords on a guitar.

v. intr.
To play a stringed instrument by strumming.

n. The act or sound of strumming.

[Perhaps imitative.]

strum'mer n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
strum

1775, possibly imitative of the sound of running the fingers across the strings of a musical instrument.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

strum
noun
1.	sound of strumming; "the strum of a guitar"
verb
1.	sound the strings of (a string instrument); "strum a guitar"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
strum [stram] verb — past tense, past participle strummed

to play especially noisily and unskilfully on a piano or stringed instrument
Example: to strum a tune

Arabic:	يَعْزِفُ على الآلة الموسيقيَّه إرتِجالا وبِضَجَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	乱弹（琴）
Chinese (Traditional):	亂彈(琴)
Czech:	brnkat
Danish:	klimpre
Dutch:	pingelen
Estonian:	klimberdama, trummeldama
Finnish:	rämpyttää
French:	taper, gratter
German:	klimpern
Greek:	γρατζουνώ (μτφ.) μουσικό όργανο
Hungarian:	kalimpál; nyekereg
Icelandic:	glamra
Indonesian:	bermain musik sebisanya
Italian:	strimpellare

Japanese:	弾き方がへただ
Korean:	(현악기를) 서투르게 연주하다
Latvian:	plinkšķināt; trinkšķināt
Lithuanian:	barškinti, kliunkinti, čirpinti
Norwegian:	klimpre (på)
Polish:	brzdąkać
Portuguese (Brazil):	dedilhar
Portuguese (Portugal):	dedilhar
Russian:	бренчать
Slovak:	brnkať
Slovenian:	brenkati
Spanish:	rasguear (guitarra), aporrear (piano)
Swedish:	klinka, knäppa
Turkish:	tıngırdatmak

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Strum, WI (village, FIPS 77825) Location: 44.55290 N, 91.38618 W
Population (1990): 949 (388 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 54770

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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Strum

Strum\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Strummed; p. pr. & vb. n. Strumming.] [Probably of imitative origin. Cf. Thrum.] To play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano.

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