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STRUMMING
STRUM
strum, thrum
(verb) sound the strings of (a stringed instrument); “strum a guitar”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
strumming
present participle of strum
Noun
strumming (plural strummings)
The action of the verb to strum
Source: Wiktionary
STRUM
Strum, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Strummed; p. pr. & vb. n. Strumming.] Etym: [Probably of imitative origin. Cf. Thrum.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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