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Thrum

🔄 Synonyms of "Thrum"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
humnoun	A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
beatverb	A stroke; a blow.
drumnoun	(music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
strumnoun	(ambitransitive) To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various strings simultaneously.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
humnoun	A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
beatnoun	A stroke; a blow.
strumnoun	The sound made by playing various strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.
drumnoun	(music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
fringenoun	(also figurative) A marginal or peripheral part.
thrumbnoun	Alternative form of thrum [A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.]
thrumpnoun	The sound or vibration from a dull, heavy, pounding blow or pulsation.
hummingnoun	The sound of something that hums; a hum.
thuddingnoun	A dull banging sound; a thud.
pulsationnoun	The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse.
throbnoun	A beating, vibration or palpitation.
grumblenoun	A surly complaint.
thundernoun	The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.
whirrnoun	A sibilant buzz or vibration; the sound of something in rapid motion.
rumblenoun	A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.
zingnoun	(uncountable) Zest or vitality.
thumpnoun	The sound of such a blow; a thud.
dronenoun	A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.
rumblingnoun	A deep low noise.
thumpingnoun	A dull, heavy sound.