Thrum

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Definition of Thrum

Noun

A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.
A spicy taste; a tang.

Verb

To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
"She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently."
To make a monotonous drumming noise.
"to thrum on a table"

Noun

The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.
A fringe made of such threads.
Any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.
A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
A tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.

Adjective

Made of or woven from thrum.

Verb

To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.
"to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface"

Noun

A threepenny bit.
↑ Hedevind, Bertil (1967), “4. NME Short Vowels”, in The Dialect of Dentdale in the West Riding of Yorkshire (Studia Anglistica Upsaliensia; 5)‎, Uppsala: Appelbergs Boktryckeri AB, →OCLC, § 4:43, page 139.
↑ John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams of Thrum

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8 words can be made from the letters in "thrum":

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