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strum1    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]

strummer, noun
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strum2    Audio Help   [struhm] Pronunciation Key,
–noun
a strainer, as at the inlet of a system of tubing.

[Origin: orig. uncert.]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
strum    Audio Help   (strŭm)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   strummed, strum·ming, strums

v.   tr.
  1. To play (a stringed musical instrument) by stroking or brushing the strings: strum a banjo.
  2. 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.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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" 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
strum [stram] verbpast 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
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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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
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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