noun a mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
2. thrum ·noun a threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
3. thrum ·noun any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.
4. thrum ·noun a shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
5. thrum ·vt to play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner.
6. thrum ·vi hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table.
7. thrum ·vt hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table.
8. thrum ·vt to furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
9. thrum ·noun one of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.
10. thrum ·vi to play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.
11. thrum ·vt to insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface.