Definitions for strums

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Spelling: [struhm]

IPA: /strʌm/

Strums is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in strums (mrsstu).

Definitions for strums

noun

1. the act of strumming.
2. the sound produced by strumming.
3. a strainer, as at the inlet of a system of tubing.

verb (used with object)

1. to play on (a stringed musical instrument) by running the fingers lightly across the strings.
2. to produce (notes, a melody, etc.) by such playing:

verb (used without object)

1. to play on a stringed musical instrument by running the fingers lightly across the strings.

Origin of strums

1765-75; perhaps blend of string and thrum¹

Examples for strums

So persuaded was the poor fellow of this, that he did nothing all night but jangle and strum away.

Being able to strum on the mandoline settled it for me, and jolly thankful I was, too.

An airy acoustic guitar begins to strum; a synthesized orchestra begins to swell.

Almost every working-man has his girls taught to strum the piano.

She is ingenious, She used to strum ballads to the moon on my adolescent nerves.

I have all the more right to talk of music because I do not strum on the piano as you do.

When Guy answered affirmatively, the stranger brought Guy to his apartment to strum some tunes for his wife.

It had not the harps of the trees to strum on, but it made shift with the corners of the houses.

He shifted his stool towards the middle of the piano and began to strum again.

I'm made to strum on the piano for an hour every day, but I hate it.