strum

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See also: Strum and strům

English

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Etymology

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Variant of thrum.

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Verb

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strum (third-person singular simple present strums, present participle strumming, simple past and past participle strummed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various strings simultaneously.

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Noun

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strum (plural strums)

  1. The sound made by playing various strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.
    hear the strum of a guitar
  2. The act of strumming.
    give the banjo a little strum

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Slav.[1]

Noun

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strum m (definite strumi)

  1. pool

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “strum”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 404

Further reading

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  • strum”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “strum”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980