n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: strummed ; strum · ming
Date: 1777
transitive verb
1 a : to brush the fingers over the strings of (a musical instrument) in playing < strum a guitar> also : 3 THRUM 1 b : to play (music) on a stringed instrument < strum a tune>
2 : to cause to sound vibrantly <winds strummed the rigging ― H. A. Chippendale>
intransitive verb
1 : to strum a stringed instrument
2 : to sound vibrantly
– strum · mer noun