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Synonyms for strum


Grammar : Verb
Spell : struhm
Phonetic Transcription : strʌm



Définition of strum

Origin :
  • 1775, possibly imitative of the sound of running the fingers across the strings of a musical instrument. Related: Strummed; strumming.
  • verb tweak
Example sentences :
  • Being able to strum on the mandoline settled it for me, and jolly thankful I was, too.
  • Extract from : « Twos and Threes » by G. B. Stern
  • She is ingenious, She used to strum ballads to the moon on my adolescent nerves.
  • Extract from : « Very Woman » by Remy de Gourmont
  • I'm made to strum on the piano for an hour every day, but I hate it.
  • Extract from : « The Girls of St. Cyprian's » by Angela Brazil
  • He shifted his stool towards the middle of the piano and began to strum again.
  • Extract from : « The Wave » by Algernon Blackwood
  • It had not the harps of the trees to strum on, but it made shift with the corners of the houses.
  • Extract from : « H. R. » by Edwin Lefevre
  • I have all the more right to talk of music because I do not strum on the piano as you do.
  • Extract from : « Froth » by Armando Palacio Valds
  • Almost every working-man has his girls taught to strum the piano.
  • Extract from : « Town Life in Australia » by R. E. N. (Richard) Twopeny
  • So persuaded was the poor fellow of this, that he did nothing all night but jangle and strum away.
  • Extract from : « The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes » by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
  • Angel was the possessor of a flute-like treble, and he could strum some sort of accompaniment on the piano to any song.
  • Extract from : « Atlantic Narratives » by Mary Antin
  • The appealing middle phrase is all disguised in strum as of dance.
  • Extract from : « Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies » by Philip H. Goepp

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