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thrum

noun
/θɹʌm/UK/θɹʌm/US

Etymology

From Middle English thrum, throm (> Anglo-French trome), from Old English *þrum (found in tungeþrum (“ligament of the tongue”)) from Proto-Germanic *þrumą. Cognate with German Trumm, Trümmer and Old Norse þrǫmr (“edge, brim”), and more distantly to Latin termen.

  1. inherited from *þrumą✻
  2. inherited from *þrum✻
  3. inherited from thrum

Definitions

  1. A thrumming sound

    A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.

    • a profusion of insects, which produced a continuous thrum
    • Pungent sweat and heatedly trodden grass, fumes of tea and porter, thrum of hooves from the paddock, the strikings-up and dyings-down of the band all fused into an extreme for Antonia, whose own senses, boastful, stood up to it.

  2. A spicy taste

    A spicy taste; a tang.

  3. To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.

    • She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.
  4. ›+ 14 more definitions

    1. To make a monotonous drumming noise.

      • to thrum on a table
      • They were hardly seated, and I had hardly waved good-by to Denver, before he was off, the big motor thrumming with immense birdlike power.

    2. The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the…

      The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.

    3. A fringe made of such threads.

    4. Any short piece of leftover thread or yarn

      Any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.

    5. A threadlike part of a flower

      A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.

    6. A tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a…

      A tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.

    7. A bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.

    8. Small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.

    9. A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.

    10. A shove out of place

      A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.

    11. Made of or woven from thrum.

    12. To furnish with thrums

      To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.

      • 1644-1646, Francis Quarles, Boanerges and Barnabas—Wine and Oyle for […] afflicted Soules are we born to thrum caps or pick straw?

    13. To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.

      • to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface

    14. A threepenny bit.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA