From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thrum \Thrum\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Thrummed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thrumming}.]
1. To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
Are we born to thrum caps or pick straw? --Quarles.
2. (Naut.) To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface. --Totten.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thrum \Thrum\, verb (used without an object) [CF. Icel. ?ruma to rattle, to thunder, and E. drum.]
1. To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.
2. Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thrum \Thrum\, verb (used with an object)
1. To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner.
2. Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thrum \Thrum\, noun [OE. thrum, throm; akin to OD. drom, D. dreum, G. trumm, lump, end, fragment, OHG. drum end, Icel. ?r["o]mr edge, brim, and L. terminus a limit, term. Cf. {Term}.] [Written also {thrumb}.]
1. One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.
2. Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.
3. (Bot.) A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
4. (Mining) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
5. (Naut.) A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
{Thrum cap}, a knitted cap. --Halliwell.
{Thrum hat}, a hat made of coarse woolen cloth. --Minsheu.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a thrumming sound; "he could hear the thrum of a banjo"
verb
1: sound with a monotonous hum [syn: {hum}]
2: sound the strings of (a string instrument); "strum a guitar" [syn: {strum}]
3: make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night" [syn: {drum}, {beat}] [also: {thrumming}, {thrummed}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "thrum": barrage, beat, beat a ruffle, beat a tattoo, beat the drum, beat time, beating, birr, bombilate, bombinate, boom, bum, bumble, burr, buzz, count, count the beats, drone, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire, drumming, flutter, go pitapat, hum, keep time, palpitate, palpitation, paradiddle, patter, pick, pitapat, pitter-patter, play drum, pluck, plunk, pound, pounding, pulsate, pulsation, purr, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rataplan, rattattoo, roll, rub-a-dub, ruff, ruffle, sound a tattoo, spatter, splatter, splutter, sputter, staccato, strum, sweep the strings, tap, tat-tat, tattoo, throb, throbbing, thump, thumping, tom-tom, twang, whir, whiz
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