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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