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strum
sound of strumming; "the strum of a guitar"
sound the strings of (a string instrument); "strum a guitar"
Synonyms:
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Related Words:
bumble
collapse
speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"
related words >
be all thumbs
,
blow
,
blunder
,
blunder away
,
blunder into
,
blunder on
,
blunder upon
,
bobble
,
boggle
,
bollix
,
bombinate
,
botch
,
bum
,
bungle
,
butcher
,
buzz
,
commit a gaffe
,
drone
,
faux pas
,
flounder
,
fumble
,
lumber
,
lurch
,
mar
,
miscue
,
mucker
,
muddle
,
muff
,
murder
,
play havoc with
,
screw up
,
slip
,
snapper
,
spoil
,
strum
,
stumble
,
thrum
,
trip
thrum
collapse
a thrumming sound; "he could hear the thrum of a banjo"
related words >
barrage
,
beat
,
beat a ruffle
,
beat a tattoo
,
beat the drum
,
beat time
,
beating
,
birr
,
bombilate
,
bombinate
,
boom
,
bum
,
bumble
,
burr
,
buzz
,
count
,
count the beats
,
drone
,
drum
,
drum music
,
drumbeat
,
drumfire
,
drumming
,
flutter
,
go pitapat
,
hum
,
keep time
,
palpitate
,
palpitation
,
paradiddle
,
patter
,
pick
,
pitapat
,
pitter-patter
,
play drum
,
pluck
,
plunk
,
pound
,
pounding
,
pulsate
,
pulsation
,
purr
,
rat-a-tat
,
rat-tat
,
rat-tat-tat
,
rataplan
,
rattattoo
,
roll
,
rub-a-dub
,
ruff
,
ruffle
,
sound a tattoo
,
spatter
,
splatter
,
splutter
,
sputter
,
staccato
,
strum
,
sweep the strings
,
tap
,
tat-tat
,
tattoo
,
throb
,
throbbing
,
thump
,
thumping
,
tom-tom
,
twang
,
whir
,
whiz
twang
collapse
exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
pronounce with a nasal twang
pluck (strings of an instrument); "He twanged his bow"
twitch or throb with pain
sound with a twang; "the bowstring was twanging"
cause to sound with a twang; "He twanged the guitar string"
related words >
accent
,
aphonia
,
artificial voice
,
bark
,
bawl
,
belch
,
bellow
,
blare
,
blat
,
blubber
,
boom
,
bray
,
breathe
,
broad accent
,
brogue
,
broken speech
,
broken tones
,
broken voice
,
burr
,
buzz
,
cackle
,
caw
,
chant
,
childish treble
,
chirp
,
chirr
,
choked voice
,
clang
,
clangor
,
clank
,
clash
,
coo
,
cracked voice
,
craunch
,
croak
,
crow
,
crump
,
crunch
,
dash
,
drawl
,
dysarthria
,
dyslalia
,
dyslogia
,
dysphasia
,
dysphonia
,
dysphrasia
,
exclaim
,
falsetto
,
flute
,
gasp
,
grind
,
groan
,
growl
,
grumble
,
grunt
,
harshness
,
hawking voice
,
hiss
,
hoarseness
,
idioglossia
,
idiolalia
,
impairment of speech
,
intimation
,
jangle
,
jar
,
keen
,
lilt
,
lisp
,
lisping
,
loss of voice
,
mumble
,
murmur
,
mutter
,
muzzy speech
,
nasal tone
,
nasalization
,
pant
,
pick
,
pipe
,
pluck
,
plunk
,
quaver
,
rasp
,
regional accent
,
roar
,
rumble
,
scranch
,
scrape
,
scratch
,
scream
,
screech
,
scrunch
,
shade
,
shake
,
shriek
,
sibilate
,
sibilation
,
sigh
,
sing
,
snap
,
snarl
,
snore
,
snort
,
snuffle
,
sob
,
speech defect
,
speech impediment
,
squall
,
squawk
,
squeal
,
streak
,
strum
,
suspicion
,
sweep the strings
,
thrum
,
thunder
,
tinge
,
touch
,
trace
,
tremor
,
trumpet
,
wail
,
warble
,
whiff
,
whine
,
whisper
,
yap
,
yawp
,
yell
,
yelp
plunk
collapse
(baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
a hollow twanging sound
related words >
abruptly
,
bang
,
bash
,
bat
,
beating
,
belt
,
biff
,
blow
,
bonk
,
bump
,
cast
,
chink
,
chop
,
chuck
,
clap
,
click
,
clink
,
clip
,
clobber
,
clop
,
clout
,
clump
,
clunk
,
coldcock
,
crack
,
crump
,
cut
,
dash
,
deal
,
deal a blow
,
deck
,
dig
,
dint
,
dive
,
drop
,
drub
,
drubbing
,
drumming
,
dull thud
,
exactly
,
fall
,
fetch
,
fetch a blow
,
flick
,
fling
,
flump
,
flush
,
full
,
fusillade
,
hastily
,
hit
,
hit a clip
,
hurl
,
impetuously
,
impulsively
,
jab
,
kerplunk
,
knock
,
knock cold
,
knock down
,
knock out
,
let have it
,
lick
,
like a flash
,
like a thunderbolt
,
nose-dive
,
of a sudden
,
on short notice
,
pad
,
parachute
,
paste
,
pat
,
patter
,
pelt
,
pick
,
pitapat
,
pitch
,
pitter-patter
,
plank
,
plop
,
pluck
,
plumb
,
plummet
,
plump
,
plunge
,
point-blank
,
poke
,
pop
,
pounce
,
pounce on
,
pounce upon
,
pound
,
precipitantly
,
precipitately
,
precipitously
,
precisely
,
punch
,
rap
,
right
,
sharp
,
skin-dive
,
sky-dive
,
slam
,
slap
,
slog
,
slug
,
smack
,
smack-dab
,
smash
,
smite
,
snap
,
soak
,
sock
,
sound
,
spang
,
square
,
squarely
,
startlingly
,
stoop
,
straight
,
strike
,
strike at
,
stroke
,
strum
,
sudden
,
suddenly
,
surprisingly
,
swat
,
sweep the strings
,
swing
,
swipe
,
swoop
,
swoop down
,
take a header
,
tap
,
tattoo
,
throw
,
thrum
,
thrust
,
thud
,
thump
,
thwack
,
tick
,
tinkle
,
toss
,
tunk
,
twang
,
unawares
,
unexpectedly
,
wallop
,
whack
,
wham
,
whop
,
without notice
,
without warning
,
yerk
pluck
collapse
the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
related words >
accumulate
,
amass
,
assemble
,
avulse
,
backbone
,
bare
,
bleed
,
bleed white
,
bob
,
boldness
,
bottle
,
bottom
,
bravery
,
bring in
,
bring together
,
bust
,
catch at
,
chutzpah
,
collect
,
courage
,
crop
,
crop herbs
,
cull
,
cut
,
cut out
,
dauntlessness
,
denudate
,
denude
,
deplume
,
deracinate
,
despoil
,
determination
,
dig
,
dig out
,
dig up
,
disentangle
,
displume
,
divest
,
drain
,
draw
,
draw out
,
dredge
,
dredge up
,
dry
,
eradicate
,
evolve
,
evulse
,
excavate
,
excise
,
exhaust
,
expose
,
exsect
,
extract
,
extricate
,
fail
,
flay
,
fleece
,
flick
,
flip
,
flirt
,
flounce
,
flunk
,
flunk out
,
fortitude
,
gameness
,
gather
,
gather in
,
get in
,
get out
,
get together
,
glean
,
gouge out
,
grab
,
grabble
,
grit
,
grub
,
grub up
,
guts
,
gutsiness
,
guttiness
,
hardiness
,
harvest
,
hay
,
heart
,
heart of oak
,
hitch
,
impoverish
,
intestinal fortitude
,
intrepidity
,
jerk
,
jig
,
jigger
,
jigget
,
jiggle
,
jog
,
joggle
,
lay bare
,
lay open
,
mettle
,
mettlesomeness
,
milk
,
mine
,
mow
,
moxie
,
nerve
,
nut
,
pick
,
pick clean
,
pick out
,
pick up
,
pith
,
pluck out
,
pluck up
,
pluckiness
,
plunk
,
pull
,
pull out
,
pull up
,
quarry
,
rake out
,
rake up
,
reap
,
reap and carry
,
remove
,
resolution
,
resolve
,
rip out
,
root out
,
root up
,
round up
,
sand
,
scare up
,
scrape together
,
scrape up
,
shear
,
skin
,
snake
,
snatch
,
spirit
,
spunk
,
spunkiness
,
stamina
,
start
,
steadfastness
,
stout heart
,
stoutness
,
strip
,
strip bare
,
strum
,
sturdiness
,
suck dry
,
sudden pull
,
sweep the strings
,
take out
,
take up
,
tear out
,
thrum
,
toughness
,
true grit
,
twang
,
tweak
,
twitch
,
uncloak
,
uncover
,
unearth
,
unravel
,
unsheathe
,
unveil
,
uproot
,
vellicate
,
wash out
,
weed out
,
withdraw
,
wrench
,
wrest out
,
yank
,
yerk
bum
collapse
of very poor quality; flimsy
be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
related words >
Arab
,
Bowery bum
,
amiss
,
arse
,
ass
,
backside
,
bad
,
barfy
,
bat around
,
beach bum
,
beachcomber
,
beg
,
beggar
,
beggarly fellow
,
bender
,
birr
,
blighter
,
bo
,
bombilate
,
bombinate
,
boom
,
booze
,
boozehound
,
bottle sucker
,
bottom
,
brannigan
,
budmash
,
bumble
,
bummer
,
burr
,
bust
,
butt
,
buzz
,
cadge
,
cadger
,
caitiff
,
can
,
carouse
,
cheeks
,
cheesy
,
count ties
,
crappy
,
creepy
,
crummy
,
derelict
,
derriere
,
devil
,
dirty
,
dissatisfactory
,
divagate
,
do-nothing
,
dogie
,
dolittle
,
drift
,
drifter
,
drone
,
drunk
,
drunkard
,
elbow bender
,
faineant
,
fanny
,
flit
,
floater
,
gad
,
gad about
,
gallivant
,
gamin
,
gamine
,
ginhound
,
go about
,
go the rounds
,
godawful
,
goldbrick
,
good-for-naught
,
good-for-nothing
,
goof off
,
goshawful
,
grim
,
guttersnipe
,
hairy
,
hind end
,
hit
,
hit the road
,
hit the trail
,
hit up
,
hobo
,
homeless waif
,
hooch hound
,
hum
,
human wreck
,
icky
,
idler
,
jag
,
jaunt
,
keister
,
knock about
,
knock around
,
landloper
,
laze
,
lazy
,
lazybones
,
lazzarone
,
loaf
,
loafer
,
loiter
,
loll
,
losel
,
lounge
,
lowlife
,
lush
,
lusher
,
mauvais sujet
,
mean wretch
,
meander
,
mendicant
,
mendicant friar
,
mendicant order
,
mooch
,
moocher
,
mucker
,
mudlark
,
no-good
,
nomadize
,
panhandle
,
panhandler
,
pass the hat
,
pauvre diable
,
peregrinate
,
pererrate
,
piker
,
pilgarlic
,
poor
,
poor creature
,
poor devil
,
posterior
,
prat
,
prowl
,
punk
,
purr
,
putrid
,
ragamuffin
,
ragman
,
ragpicker
,
ramble
,
range
,
roam
,
rotten
,
rounder
,
rove
,
rum hound
,
rummy
,
rump
,
run about
,
rusty-dusty
,
sad case
,
sad sack
,
saunter
,
schnorrer
,
scrounge
,
scrounger
,
shitty
,
ski bum
,
skid-row bum
,
slouch
,
slug
,
slugabed
,
soak
,
souse
,
sponge
,
stern
,
stew
,
stiff
,
stinking
,
stinky
,
straggle
,
stray
,
street Arab
,
street arab
,
street urchin
,
stroll
,
strum
,
sundowner
,
surf bum
,
swagman
,
swagsman
,
swillbelly
,
swillbowl
,
swillpot
,
tail
,
tatterdemalion
,
tennis bum
,
thrum
,
touch
,
traipse
,
tramp
,
truant
,
tuchis
,
turnpiker
,
tush
,
tushy
,
unsatisfactory
,
up
,
urchin
,
vag
,
vagabond
,
vagabondize
,
vagrant
,
vaurien
,
vomity
,
waif
,
waifs and strays
,
walk the tracks
,
wander
,
wassail
,
wastrel
,
wayfare
,
whir
,
whiz
,
wino
,
worthless fellow
,
wretch
,
wrong
,
yecchy
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