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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. sound of strumming;
- Example: "the strum of a guitar"


VERB (1)

1. sound the strings of (a string instrument);
- Example: "strum a guitar"
[syn: strum, thrum]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Strum \Strum\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Strummed; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Strumming.] [Probably of imitative origin. Cf. Thrum.]
   To play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in
   an unskillful or noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

strum
    n 1: sound of strumming; "the strum of a guitar"
    v 1: sound the strings of (a string instrument); "strum a
         guitar" [syn: strum, thrum]