thrum

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Synonyms: thru, thrut, thum, shrum, trum, tarum, thrun, thrm

Antonyms: thru, thrut, thum, shrum, trum, tarum, thrun, thrm

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Noun

1. A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.
2. A spicy taste; a tang.

Verb

1. To cause a steady rhythmic vibration in (something), usually by plucking.
   • She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.
2. To make a monotonous drumming noise.
   • to thrum on a table

Noun

1. The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.
2. A fringe made of such threads.
3. Any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.
4. A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
5. A tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.
6. A bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.
7. Small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.
8. A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
9. A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.

Adjective

1. Made of or woven from thrum.

Verb

1. To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
2. 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

Noun

1. A threepenny bit.
2. ↑ Hedevind, Bertil (1967), “4. NME Short Vowels”, in The Dialect of Dentdale in the West Riding of Yorkshire (Studia Anglistica Upsaliensia; 5)‎, Uppsala: Appelbergs Boktryckeri AB, →OCLC, § 4:43, page 139.
3. ↑ John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary

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