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Word entry · 5 letters

thrum

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"Low hum"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /θɹʌm/Part of speech verb, nounSorted hmrtuStarts with TEnds with M1 clues
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Definitions

  1. make a rhythmic sound

Word origin

From Middle English thrum, throm (> Anglo-French trome), from Old English *þrum (found in tungeþrum (“ligament of the tongue”)) from Proto-Germanic *þrumą. Cognate with German Trumm, Trümmer and Old Norse þrǫmr (“edge, brim”), and more distantly to Latin termen.

Used in a sentence

  • a profusion of insects, which produced a continuous thrum
  • She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.
  • to thrum on a table

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