thrum
verb
[ θrʌm ]
• make a continuous rhythmic humming sound.
• "the boat's huge engines thrummed in his ears"
thrum
noun
• a continuous rhythmic humming sound.
• "the steady thrum of rain on the windows"
Origin:
late 16th century (as a verb): imitative.
thrum
noun
• (in weaving) an unwoven end of a warp thread, or a fringe of such ends, left in the loom when the finished cloth is cut away.
thrum
verb
• cover or adorn (cloth or clothing) with ends of thread.
Origin:
Old English thrum (only in tungethrum ‘ligament of the tongue’): of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dreum ‘thrum’ and German Trumm ‘end piece’. The current sense dates from Middle English.
