[strum] vb strummed ; strum.ming [imit.] vt (1777) 1 a: to brush the fingers over the strings of (a musical instrument) in playing "~ a guitar"; also: [3]thrum 1 b: to play (music) on a stringed instrument "~ a tune"
2: to cause to sound vibrantly "winds strummed the rigging --H. A. Chippendale" ~ vi 1: to strum a stringed instrument
2: to sound vibrantly -- strum.mer n
[2]strum n (ca. 1793): an act, instance, or sound of strumming