name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
strum
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/strʌm/
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rhymes with -ʌm
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CMU ARPABET: S T R AH1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The sound made by playing various strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- hear the strum of a guitar
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The act of strumming.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- give the banjo a little strum
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various strings simultaneously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
sound of strumming
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the strum of a guitar
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound
verb
Meaning 6
sound the strings of (a string instrument)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- strum a guitar
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thrum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound
History
Etymology
Variant of thrum.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: дрънкам (drǎnkam) — play a stringed instrument
- Chinese Mandarin: 扫弦 (sǎoxián) — play a stringed instrument
- Czech: brnkat — play a stringed instrument
- Czech: zabrnkat — play a stringed instrument
- Dutch: strummen — play a stringed instrument
- Finnish: rämpyttää — play a stringed instrument
- French: racler — play a stringed instrument
- French: gratter — play a stringed instrument
- German: schrammeln — play a stringed instrument
- Greek: νύσσω (nýsso) — play a stringed instrument
- Hawaiian: koe — play a stringed instrument
- Hawaiian: koekoe — play a stringed instrument
- Hungarian: penget — play a stringed instrument
- Indonesian: genjreng — play a stringed instrument
- Italian: schitarrare — play a stringed instrument
- Māori: raku — play a stringed instrument
- Māori: raraku — play a stringed instrument
- Māori: rakuraku — play a stringed instrument
- Māori: rakiraki — play a stringed instrument
- Polish: brzdąkać — play a stringed instrument
- Polish: brzdąknąć — play a stringed instrument
- Polish: brzdękać — play a stringed instrument
- Polish: brzdęknąć — play a stringed instrument
- Russian: бренча́ть (brenčátʹ) — play a stringed instrument
- Spanish: rasguear — play a stringed instrument
- Spanish: charrasquear — play a stringed instrument
- Vietnamese: gảy — play a stringed instrument
- Vietnamese: khảy — play a stringed instrument