Main Entry:

²strum

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

strummed; strum·ming

Date:

1777

transitive verb1 a: to brush the fingers over the strings of (a musical instrument) in playing <strum a guitar> ; also : ³thrum 1 b: to play (music) on a stringed instrument <strum a tune>2: to cause to sound vibrantly <winds strummed the rigging — H. A. Chippendale>intransitive verb1: to strum a stringed instrument2: to sound vibrantly

— strum·mer noun