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thrum

noun verb adjective

A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
T
Ends with
M
Contains
HR
Scrabble score
10
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

/θɹʌm/ /θɹʌm/

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.

  2. A spicy taste; a tang.

verb

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

    “She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.”

  2. To make a monotonous drumming noise.

    “to thrum on a table”

noun

  1. The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.

  2. (chiefly in plural) A fringe made of such threads.

  3. Any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.

  4. A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.

  5. A tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.

  6. A bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.

  7. (chiefly in plural) Small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.

  8. A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.

  9. A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.

verb

  1. To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.

  2. To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.

    “to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface”

adjective

  1. Made of or woven from thrum.

In context

Example Sentences

She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.
to thrum on a table
to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface
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