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Definition of Thrum

1. Noun. A thrumming sound. "He could hear the thrum of a banjo"

2. Verb. Sound with a monotonous hum. "The streets thrum with cars "

3. Verb. Sound the strings of (a string instrument). ; "Strum a guitar"

4. Verb. Make a rhythmic sound. "The drums beat all night"

Definition of Thrum

1. n. One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.

2. v. t. To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.

3. v. i. To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.

4. v. t. To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner.

Definition of Thrum

1. Noun. A thrumming sound ¹

2. Noun. The fringe of threads of warp left after cloth has been cut off of a loom ¹

3. Noun. Any short piece of yarn or rope ¹

4. Verb. To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thrum

1. to play a stringed instrument idly or monotonously [v THRUMMED, THRUMMING, THRUMS]

Medical Definition of Thrum

1. 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. A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen. 4. A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam. 5. 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. Origin: OE. Thrum, throm; akin to OD. Drom, D. Dreum, G. Trumm, lump, end, fragment, OHG. Drum end, Icel. Romr edge, brim, and L. Terminus a limit, term. Cf. Term Alternative forms: thrumb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrum

thrown-away(a) thrown and twisted thrown away thrown down thrown up throws throws away throws down throws up throwster

throwsters throwup thru thrue thruly thrum (current term) thrum-eyed thrummed thrummer thrummers

thrummier thrummiest thrumming thrummingly thrummy thrums thrumwort thrung thruout thruppence

Literary usage of Thrum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
""Three thi-ums" should probably be written as a single word, three-thrums, since it looks like a mere reduplication of thrum. thrum [thri\m], adj. thickly ..."

2. The Folk-speech of South Cheshire by Thomas Darlington (1887)
"77 : " There's her thrummed hat and her muffler too." (3) "To sing three thrums" is to purr, as a cat does. Burns uses thrum as a verb meaning "to purr. ..."

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