strum
IPA: strˈʌm
noun
- The sound made by playing various strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.
- The act of strumming.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) using various strings simultaneously.
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Examples of "strum" in Sentences
- Not surprisingly, the strum is the thing for Luna.
- 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.
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