name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The sound made by playing various strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.

   "hear the strum of a guitar"

2. 2
   sound of strumming wordnet
3. 3
   The act of strumming.

   "give the banjo a little strum"

Verb

1. 1
   To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various strings simultaneously. ambitransitive
2. 2
   sound the strings of (a stringed instrument) wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

thrumbumbumblebuzzdronepick

Example

More examples

"He only knows how to strum the guitar."

Etymology

Variant of thrum.

Related phrases

strum box

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.