strum Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun sound of strumming
    • the strum of a guitar
  2. verb sound the strings of (a string instrument)
    thrum.
    • strum a guitar

WordNet

Strum transitive verb & intransitive verb
Etymology
Probably of imitative origin. Cf. Thrum.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Strummed ; present participle & verbal noun Strumming
Definitions
  1. To play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano.

Webster 1913