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strum

(strŭm)

v. strummed, strum·ming, strums

v.tr.

1. To play (a stringed musical instrument) by stroking or brushing the strings: strum a banjo.

2. To play (music) on a stringed instrument in this way: strum chords on a guitar.

v.intr.

To play a stringed instrument by strumming.

The act or sound of strumming.

[Perhaps imitative.]

strum′mer n.

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strum

(strʌm)

vb, strums, strumming or strummed

1. (Music, other) to sound (the strings of a guitar, banjo, etc) with a downward or upward sweep of the thumb or of a plectrum

2. (Music, other) to play (chords, a tune, etc) in this way

[C18: probably of imitative origin; see thrum¹]

ˈstrummer n

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strum

(strʌm)

v. strummed, strum•ming,
n. v.t.

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

2. to produce by such playing: to strum a tune.

v.i.

3. to strum a stringed instrument.

4. an act, instance, or sound of strumming.

[1765–75; perhaps b. string and thrum¹]

strum′mer, n.

strum

Past participle: strummed
Gerund: strumming

Imperative
strum
strum

Present
I strum
you strum
he/she/it strums
we strum
you strum
they strum

Preterite
I strummed
you strummed
he/she/it strummed
we strummed
you strummed
they strummed

Present Continuous
I am strumming
you are strumming
he/she/it is strumming
we are strumming
you are strumming
they are strumming

Present Perfect
I have strummed
you have strummed
he/she/it has strummed
we have strummed
you have strummed
they have strummed

Past Continuous
I was strumming
you were strumming
he/she/it was strumming
we were strumming
you were strumming
they were strumming

Past Perfect
I had strummed
you had strummed
he/she/it had strummed
we had strummed
you had strummed
they had strummed

Future
I will strum
you will strum
he/she/it will strum
we will strum
you will strum
they will strum

Future Perfect
I will have strummed
you will have strummed
he/she/it will have strummed
we will have strummed
you will have strummed
they will have strummed

Future Continuous
I will be strumming
you will be strumming
he/she/it will be strumming
we will be strumming
you will be strumming
they will be strumming

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been strumming
you have been strumming
he/she/it has been strumming
we have been strumming
you have been strumming
they have been strumming

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been strumming
you will have been strumming
he/she/it will have been strumming
we will have been strumming
you will have been strumming
they will have been strumming

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been strumming
you had been strumming
he/she/it had been strumming
we had been strumming
you had been strumming
they had been strumming

Conditional
I would strum
you would strum
he/she/it would strum
we would strum
you would strum
they would strum

Past Conditional
I would have strummed
you would have strummed
he/she/it would have strummed
we would have strummed
you would have strummed
they would have strummed

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Noun	1.	strum - sound of strumming; "the strum of a guitar" sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
Verb	1.	strum - sound the strings of (a string instrument); "strum a guitar" thrum sound - cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"

strum

verb pluck, twang, thrum, strike Vaska strummed away on his guitar.

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Translations

brnkat

klimpre

klimpern

pincer

kalimpálnyekereg

glamra

strimpellare

čirpintikliunkinti

plinkšķināttrinkšķināt

tıngırdatmak

乱弹

strum

[strʌm]

A. VT [+ guitar etc] → rasguear

B. VI → cencerrear

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strum

[ˈstrʌm] vt [+ guitar] → gratter de

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strum

vt tune, chord → klimpern; guitar → klimpern auf (+dat); to strum out a song → ein Liedchen klimpern

vi → klimpern (→ on auf +dat)

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strum

[strʌm] vt (guitar) → strimpellare

strum

(stram) – past tense, past participle strummed – verb

to play especially noisily and unskilfully on a piano or stringed instrument. to strum a tune.

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Thirty-five pounds a-year, and extra pay for teaching the smallest strummers at the piano."

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