thrum Meaning & Definition
What Does Thrum Mean?
Thrum is used as a noun meaning A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration. It is also used to mean A spicy taste; a tang. As a verb, it means To cause a steady rhythmic vibration in (something), usually by plucking. As an adjective, it means Made of or woven from thrum.
Thrum in Brief
| Part of speech | noun, verb, adjective |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | //θɹʌm// |
| Syllables | 1 |
| Synonyms | hum, beat and drum |
| Plural | thrums |
| Verb forms | thrums, thrumming, thrummed |
Thrum Definition (Noun)
- A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.
- A spicy taste; a tang.
Thrum as a Verb
- To cause a steady rhythmic vibration in (something), usually by plucking.
She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.
- To make a monotonous drumming noise.
to thrum on a table
Noun
- The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.
- A fringe made of such threads.
- Any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.
- A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
- A tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.
- A bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.
- Small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.
- A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
- A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
Thrum as an Adjective
- Made of or woven from thrum.
Verb
- To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
- To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.
to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface
Noun
- A threepenny bit.
- ↑ Hedevind, Bertil (1967), “4. NME Short Vowels”, in The Dialect of Dentdale in the West Riding of Yorkshire (Studia Anglistica Upsaliensia; 5), Uppsala: Appelbergs Boktryckeri AB, →OCLC, § 4:43, page 139.
- ↑ John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary
Verb
- To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.
Noun
- (chiefly in plural) A fringe made of such threads.
- (chiefly in plural) Small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.
Synonyms of Thrum
Thrum synonyms and antonyms →Antonyms of Thrum
No antonyms or near antonyms are listed by the available sources for this entry.
Thrum in a Sentence
She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.
to thrum on a table
to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface
Word Forms & Grammar
thrum (plural thrums)
thrum (third-person singular simple present thrums, present participle thrumming, simple past and past participle thrummed)
thrum (not comparable)
Words That Rhyme With Thrum
Origin of Thrum
Origin 1: Imitative.
Origin 2: From Middle English thrum, throm (> Anglo-French trome), from Old English *þrum (found in tungeþrum (“ligament of the tongue”)) from Proto-Germanic *þrumą. Cognate with German Trumm, Trümmer and Old Norse þrǫmr (“edge, brim”), and more distantly to Latin termen.
Origin 3: Apparently a reduced form of the stem of threepenny/threepence through a sequence such as /ˈθrɛp(ə)n-/ > /ˈθrʊp(ə)m-/ > /ˈθrʊm-/ (> /ˈθɹʌm-/).[1]
Pronouncing Thrum
You say thrum as //θɹʌm//. It has 1 syllable.
Frequently Asked Questions About Thrum
Is thrum a noun or a verb?
Thrum is mainly used as a noun, but it can also be used as a verb and an adjective.
What is another word for thrum?
You can replace thrum with words such as hum, beat and drum. See the full list of thrum synonyms and antonyms.
What is the plural of thrum?
The plural of thrum is thrums.
What is the past tense of thrum?
The past tense of thrum is thrummed. The present participle is thrumming.