strum

IPA: strˈʌm

The sound made by playing various strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.
The act of strumming.
A surname.

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

Examples of "strum" in Sentences

Can decapitate with a single strum of a chord.
Eleva and Strum each house an elementary school.
Not surprisingly, the strum is the thing for Luna.
It opens with a guitar chord strum, played backwards.
Strum and up down arpeggio modes are also provided for.
He continues to strum the guitar but no sound comes out.
Strumming, on the other hand, will yield a harmonious pulsation.
The game reads the middle setting of the strum selector as a strum.
Then, as he strolled off the stage, he strummed the neck of the guitar.
The piece features captivating imitations of banjo rhythms and strumming.
A plectrum is a small flat tool used to pluck or strum a stringed instrument.
You raise towns of brick on roads of dust, my flute, my drum, my lyre to strum, in lust.
He picked up a trail-scarred banjo from the floor and began to strum a few wandering notes.
Rock out by blasting enemies with riff combos and creating your own sounds with each "strum" of a chord!
A feature added in the 1.2 update is the ability to "strum" the chord by simply flicking your finger across the guitar neck.
You can't help but smile at his first Zorro-esque line, accompanied by a guitar strum: "Through the years I have been known by many names."
When you listen to Irish or Scottish tunes, keep your pick in hand and 'strum' (I like to use the outer seam of my pants on my thigh) along with the melody.