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thrum

UK/θɹʌm/ US/θɹʌm/ uncommon obsolete slang
noun (1) verb (3)

noun

1.

a thrumming sound

  • “he could hear the thrum of a banjo”

verb

1.

sound with a monotonous hum

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2.

sound the strings of (a string instrument)

  • “strum a guitar”
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3.

make a rhythmic sound

  • “Rain drummed against the windshield”
  • “The drums beat all night”
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Origin

From Middle English thrum, throm (> Anglo-French trome), from Old English *þrum (found in tungeþrum (“ligament of the tongue”)) from Proto-Germanic *þrumą. Cognate with German Trumm, Trümmer and Old Norse þrǫmr (“edge, brim”), and more distantly to Latin termen.

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