strummed; strumming
1
a
: to brush the fingers over the strings of (a musical instrument) in playing
strum a guitar
also
: thrum entry 1 sense 1
b
: to play (music) on a stringed instrument
strum a tune
2
: to cause to sound vibrantly
winds strummed the rigging—
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strummer
noun
Examples of strum in a Sentence
Verb
He strummed a tune on the guitar.
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Or at least feature the strums of a charcheta somewhere in there?
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
Standing at the end of the catwalk, the pulsing lights dimmed and stacks of pyro momentarily unseen, the multifaceted singer-songwriter started to strum his acoustic guitar, solo.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 1 May 2025
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Noun
His voice and guitar strums spark a hallucinatory sequence in which different times collide.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Or at least feature the strums of a charcheta somewhere in there?
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
But a video featuring him strumming a guitar with his young castmate Ezra Agbonkhese, who plays Tommy’s son Benjamin, is one of the sweetest.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
Standing at the end of the catwalk, the pulsing lights dimmed and stacks of pyro momentarily unseen, the multifaceted singer-songwriter started to strum his acoustic guitar, solo.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 1 May 2025
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“Strum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strum. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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