Thrumming

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thrum \Thrum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrummed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Thrumming}.]
     1. To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
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              Are we born to thrum caps or pick straw? --Quarles.


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     2. (Naut.) To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn
        in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making
        a rough or tufted surface. --Totten.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thrum
       n : a thrumming sound; "he could hear the thrum of a banjo"
       v 1: sound with a monotonous hum [syn: {hum}]
       2: sound the strings of (a string instrument); "strum a guitar"
          [syn: {strum}]
       3: make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the
          windshield"; "The drums beat all night" [syn: {drum}, {beat}]
       [also: {thrumming}, {thrummed}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thrumming
       See {thrum}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "thrumming":
     beating, birring, bombilation, bombinating, bombination, booming,
     burring, buzzing, clicking, droning, drumming, fluttering, hum,
     humming, low rumbling, palpitant, pounding, purring, spattering,
     spluttering, sputtering, staccato, throbbing, thumping, ticking,
     whirring, whizzing