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Definition of Thrum
Thrum
One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.
Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.
A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
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.
To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.
Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table.
To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner.
Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table.

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Thrum Translations

thrum in German is klimpern
thrum in Italian is tinntinnare
thrum in Swedish is trumma, klinka

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