'Thrum' definitions:
Definition of 'thrum'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Thrum'
From: GCIDE
- Thrum \Thrum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrummed; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrumming.]
- 1. To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe. [1913 Webster]
- Are we born to thrum caps or pick straw? --Quarles. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) 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. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Thrum'
From: GCIDE
- Thrum \Thrum\, v. i. [CF. Icel. ?ruma to rattle, to thunder, and E. drum.]
- 1. To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Thrum'
From: GCIDE
- Thrum \Thrum\, v. t.
- 1. To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Thrum'
From: GCIDE
- Thrum \Thrum\ (thr[u^]m), n. [OE. thrum, throm; akin to OD. drom, D. dreum, G. trumm, lump, end, fragment, OHG. drum end, Icel. [thorn]r["o]mr edge, brim, and L. terminus a limit, term. Cf. Term.] [Written also thrumb.]
- 1. One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot.) A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mining) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Naut.) A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn. [1913 Webster]
- Thrum cap, a knitted cap. --Halliwell.
- Thrum hat, a hat made of coarse woolen cloth. --Minsheu. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'thrum'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- barrage,
- beat,
- beat a ruffle,
- beat a tattoo,
- beat the drum,
- beat time,
- beating,
- birr,
- bombilate,
- bombinate,
- boom,
- bum,
- bumble,
- burr,
- buzz,
- count,
- count the beats,
- drone,
- drum,
- drum music,
- drumbeat,
- drumfire,
- drumming,
- flutter,
- go pitapat,
- hum,
- keep time,
- palpitate,
- palpitation,
- paradiddle,
- patter,
- pick,
- pitapat,
- pitter-patter,
- play drum,
- pluck,
- plunk,
- pound,
- pounding,
- pulsate,
- pulsation,
- purr,
- rat-a-tat,
- rat-tat,
- rat-tat-tat,
- rataplan,
- rattattoo,
- roll,
- rub-a-dub,
- ruff,
- ruffle,
- sound a tattoo,
- spatter,
- splatter,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- staccato,
- strum,
- sweep the strings,
- tap,
- tat-tat,
- tattoo,
- throb,
- throbbing,
- thump,
- thumping,
- tom-tom,
- twang,
- whir,
- whiz