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   Strum

   /strəm/

   

   verb

   • 1. play (a guitar or similar instrument) by sweeping the thumb or a plectrum up or down across the strings: "he was sitting in the bedroom strumming a guitar"
   • ▪ play (a tune) by strumming the strings of a guitar or similar instrument: "he strummed a few chords"
   • ▪ play casually or unskillfully on a stringed or keyboard instrument: "the guitar player strummed along respectfully"

   noun

   • 1. a sound made by strumming a guitar or similar instrument: "the brittle strum of acoustic guitars"
   • ▪ an act or period of strumming a guitar or similar instrument.

   Word Origin late 18th century: imitative; compare with thrum1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. strummer noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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