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Definitions for thrum
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Princeton's WordNet
thrumverb
a thrumming sound
"he could hear the thrum of a banjo"
hum, thrumverb
sound with a monotonous hum
strum, thrumverb
sound the strings of (a string instrument)
"strum a guitar"
drum, beat, thrumverb
make a rhythmic sound
"Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
Wiktionary
thrumnoun
A thrumming sound
thrumnoun
The fringe of threads of warp left after cloth has been cut off of a loom
thrumnoun
Any short piece of yarn or rope
thrumverb
To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.
Etymology: Akin to Old Norse þrömr, edge, brim (Danish tromme), German Trumm.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Thrumnoun
Etymology: thraum, Islandick, the end of any thing..
There’s her thrum hat, and her muffler too. William Shakespeare.
O fates, come, come,
Cut thread and thrum,
Quail, crush, conclude and quell. William Shakespeare.All moss hath here and there little stalks, besides the low thrum. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 537.
Wou’d our thrum-cap’d ancestors find fault
For want of sugar tongs, or spoons for salt. King.To Thrumverb
To grate; to play coarsly.
Blunderbusses planted in every loop-hole, go off constantly at the squeaking of a fiddle and the thrumming of a guittar. John Dryden, Spanish Fryar.
ChatGPT
thrum
Thrum refers to the continuous rhythmic humming sound or beat. It can also mean the end of a weaver's warp thread left on the loom after the cloth has been removed. As a verb, it can mean to make a rhythmic humming sound, or to strum casually on a stringed instrument.
Webster Dictionary
Thrumnoun
one of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these
Thrumnoun
any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope
Thrumnoun
a threadlike part of a flower; a stamen
Thrumnoun
a shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam
Thrumnoun
a mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn
Thrumverb
to furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe
Thrumverb
to insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface
Thrumverb
to play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum
Thrumverb
hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table
Thrumverb
to play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner
Thrumverb
hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table
Wikidata
Thrum
Thrum are an indie rock band from Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland, formed in 1992. They released four singles and an album before splitting up in 1995. Singer Monica Queen went on to a solo career. Since 2011, Thrum have reformed, releasing a new album, available on iTunes through PRA Records.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Thrum
thrum, n. the end of a weaver's thread, any loose thread or fringe: coarse yarn.—v.t. to furnish with thrums: to fringe: to insert short pieces of rope-yarn in a mat or piece of canvas:—pr.p. thrum′ming; pa.t. and pa.p. thrummed.—ns. Thrum′-cap, -hat (Shak.), a cap or hat made of thrums or of coarse, shaggy cloth.—adj. Thrum′my, made of, or like, thrums. [Ice. þrómr, the edge; Ger. trumm, a fragment.]
Thrum
thrum, v.i. to play rudely or monotonously on an instrument with the fingers.—n. a monotonous sound, as that made by unskilled fingers on a harp, &c.—n. Thrum′mer.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
thrum
Any coarse woollen or hempen yarn. It is used for mops, &c., in the cabins; also for mats, which are worked on canvas with a large bolt-rope needle.--To thrum. A vessel, when leaky, is thrummed by working some heavy spare sail, as the sprit-sail, into a thrummed mat, greasing and tarring it well, passing it under the bottom, and heaving all parts tight. The pressure forces the tarred oakum into the openings, and thus, in part, arrests the ingress of water.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of thrum in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of thrum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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