THRUM


Meaning of THRUM in English

1. v. & n.

--v. (thrummed, thrumming)

1. tr. play (a stringed instrument) monotonously or unskilfully.

2 intr. (often foll. by on) drum idly.

--n.

1. such playing.

2 the resulting sound.

Etymology: imit. 2. n. & v.

--n.

1. the unwoven end of a warp-thread, or the whole of such ends, left when the finished web is cut away.

2 any short loose thread.

--v.tr. (thrummed, thrumming) make of or cover with thrums.

Derivatives:

thrummer n. thrummy adj.

Etymology: OE f. Gmc

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.