Strum

//strʌm//

Synonyms for "strum" (9 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Verb(1 words)
thrum

Strong matches (3)

Related words (4)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

2 entries

derived

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etymologically related_to

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is a

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manner of

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related to

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Translations

26 translations across 15 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • дрънкам verb (play a stringed instrument)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 扫弦 verb (play a stringed instrument)

Czech

2 entries
  • brnkat verb (play a stringed instrument)
  • zabrnkat verb (play a stringed instrument)

Finnish

1 entries
  • rämpyttää verb (play a stringed instrument)

French

2 entries
  • gratter verb (play a stringed instrument)
  • racler verb (play a stringed instrument)

German

1 entries
  • schrammeln verb (play a stringed instrument)

Greek

1 entries
  • νύσσω verb (play a stringed instrument)

Hawaiian

2 entries
  • koe verb (play a stringed instrument)
  • koekoe verb (play a stringed instrument)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • penget verb (play a stringed instrument)

Italian

1 entries
  • schitarrare verb (play a stringed instrument)

Māori

4 entries
  • rakiraki verb (play a stringed instrument)
  • raku verb (play a stringed instrument)
  • rakuraku verb (play a stringed instrument)
  • raraku verb (play a stringed instrument)

Polish

4 entries
  • brzdąkać verb (play a stringed instrument)
  • brzdąknąć verb (play a stringed instrument)
  • brzdękać verb (play a stringed instrument)
  • brzdęknąć verb (play a stringed instrument)

Russian

1 entries
  • бренча́ть verb (play a stringed instrument)

Spanish

2 entries
  • charrasquear verb (play a stringed instrument)
  • rasguear verb (play a stringed instrument)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • gảy verb (play a stringed instrument)
  • khảy verb (play a stringed instrument)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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He only knows how to strum the guitar.

Source: tatoeba (1191717)

The black guitar's strings vibrated with each passionate strum.

Source: tatoeba (12079952)

hear the strum of a guitar

Source: wiktionary

give the banjo a little strum

Source: wiktionary

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