strum

Plural: strums

Noun

• sound of strumming
  • "the strum of a guitar"
• The sound made by playing various strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.
• The act of strumming.

Verb

Verb Forms: strummed, strumming, strums

• To play a stringed instrument by sweeping fingers across strings.
• sound the strings of (a string instrument)
  • "strum a guitar"
• To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various strings simultaneously.

Examples

• give the banjo a little strum
• He would STRUM his fingers nervously on the table while waiting for his opponent’s move.
• hear the strum of a guitar

Synonyms

thrum

Anagrams of strum