Thrum

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ÊŒm

Alternative forms

• thrumb

Origin

From Icelandic or Old Norse þrömr ("edge, brim") (whence also Danish tromme); compare German Trumm. Cognate to Albanian thrumbe ("kind of shrub").

Full definition of thrum

Noun

1. A thrumming sound.
2. The fringe of threads of warp left after cloth has been cut off of a loom.
3. Any short piece of yarn or rope.
4. (botany) A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
5. (mining) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
6. (nautical) A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.

Verb

1. To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.
2. To make a monotonous drumming noise.to thrum on a table
3. To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
• QuarlesAre we born to thrum caps or pick straw?
4. (nautical) 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