thrummed; thrumming
1
: to sound with a monotonous hum
2
: to play or pluck a stringed instrument idly : strum
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: to play (something, such as a stringed instrument) in an idle or relaxed manner
2
: to recite tiresomely or monotonously
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2
: a hair, fiber, or threadlike leaf on a plant
also
: a tuft or fringe of such structures
thrum
adjective
thrummed; thrumming
2
: to insert short pieces of rope yarn or spun yarn in (a piece of canvas) to make a rough surface or a mat which can be wrapped about rigging to prevent chafing
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Examples of thrum in a Sentence
Noun (1)
the steady thrum of the turbines in the power plant
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August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
With Paris’s cafés teeming with customers, theaters humming with audiences, and stadiums thrumming with fans, the city gave new life to the old saw that plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
—Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 20 July 2020
Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
Like Prince before them, Tumor shines up each element of their production to such a precise degree that the whole recording thrums with erotic frisson: the gyrating pull of perfect individuals in motion.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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Verb
But the album also thrums with wariness of modern fame and its distortions.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
With Paris’s cafés teeming with customers, theaters humming with audiences, and stadiums thrumming with fans, the city gave new life to the old saw that plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
—Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 20 July 2020
Noun
Martini’s Christ on the Cross (ca. 1340), one of the final paintings in the show, thrums with a kind of awkwardness that’s only possible when art is still between movements.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
Like Prince before them, Tumor shines up each element of their production to such a precise degree that the whole recording thrums with erotic frisson: the gyrating pull of perfect individuals in motion.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Thrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrum. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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