THRUM
What does "THRUM" mean?
To make a low, steady, continuous humming or vibrating sound.
Meanings
- To sound or vibrate with a low, monotonous, rhythmic hum. The engines thrummed beneath the deck.
- To strum a stringed instrument idly or monotonously. He thrummed the guitar while he thought.
- A continuous, rhythmic humming sound. There was a steady thrum of rain on the roof.
- In weaving, a fringe of warp threads left on the loom after the cloth is cut off. The weaver gathered the thrums to knot into a rug. technical
Did you know?
- Before 'thrum' meant a low hum, it meant the loose warp threads left dangling on a loom - the leftover fringe weavers had to tie off or trim.
Word origin
Two strands meet here: the weaving noun from Old English 'þrum' (the end of a thread), and the sound verb of later imitative origin, echoing the low hum it names.
Remember it
THRUM sounds like a low engine - say it slow and your throat actually thrums on the 'thr'.
A little poem
Below the music
one note no one chose to play-
the world's low thrumming.
haiku
Wordplay
- The bored guitarist thrummed all day - by evening he had nothing left but loose ends, which a weaver would also call thrum.
What it teaches
Most of life runs on a thrum you stop hearing; silence is just the moment the background finally stops.
Quick facts
What does THRUM mean?
To make a low, steady, continuous humming or vibrating sound.
Is THRUM a valid word?
Yes — THRUM is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is THRUM?
THRUM has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does THRUM come from?
Two strands meet here: the weaving noun from Old English 'þrum' (the end of a thread), and the sound verb of later imitative origin, echoing the low hum it names.
What can THRUM teach us?
Most of life runs on a thrum you stop hearing; silence is just the moment the background finally stops.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.