strum

strum
strum1
—strummer, n.
/strum/, v., strummed, strumming, n.
v.t.
1. to play on (a stringed musical instrument) by running the fingers lightly across the strings.
2. to produce (notes, a melody, etc.) by such playing: to strum a tune.
v.i.
3. to play on a stringed musical instrument by running the fingers lightly across the strings.
n.
4. the act of strumming.
5. the sound produced by strumming.
[1765-75; perh. b. STRING and THRUM1]
strum2
/strum/, n.
a strainer, as at the inlet of a system of tubing.
[orig. uncert.]

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