strum
verb
[ strʌm ]
• play (a guitar or similar instrument) by sweeping the thumb or a plectrum up or down across the strings.
• "he was sitting in the bedroom strumming a guitar"
strum
noun
• a sound made by strumming a guitar or similar instrument.
• "the brittle strum of acoustic guitars"
Origin:
late 18th century: imitative; compare with thrum1.
