📖 Definitions of "Thrums"
- 1
A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.
- 2
A spicy taste; a tang.
- 1
To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
"She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently."
- 2
To make a monotonous drumming noise.
"to thrum on a table"
- 1
The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.
- 2
(chiefly in plural) A fringe made of such threads.
- 3
Any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.
- 4
A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
- 1
To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
- 2
To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.
"to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface"
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Thrums"
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| 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. |
| throbsnoun | A beating, vibration or palpitation. |
| clatterynoun | (informal) Tending to cause a clatter; noisy and possibly cumbersome. |
| eddyingnoun | The motion of an eddy. |
| pensivenessnoun | A thoughtful or reflective state, especially if sad or melancholic. |
| humsnoun | Alternative form of Homs, a city in Syria. [A city, the capital of the governorate of Homs, in western Syria.] |
| keensnoun | A prolonged wail for a deceased person. |
| pulsingnoun | The action of something that pulses. |
| tootlesnoun | A soft toot sound. |
| liltsnoun | A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune. |
| melodiousnessnoun | The property of being melodious. |
| cracklesnoun | (medicine, plural only, lung sounds) rales |
| overloudnoun | Too loud. |
| driftynoun | Tending or seeming to drift. |
| cacophonicnoun | unmusical |
| clangornoun | Canada, US standard spelling of clangour. [(British, Canada) A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.] |
| darklingnoun | (fantasy) A creature that lives in the dark. |
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