Main Entry: ²strum

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): strummed; strum·ming

Date: 1777

transitive verb 1 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 verb 1 : to strum a stringed instrument
2 : to sound vibrantly

— strum·mer noun