Word "STRUM" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
sound the strings of (a stringed instrument)
Synonyms:
thrum
Examples:
strum a guitar

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
sound of strumming
Examples:
the strum of a guitar

Crossword Clues for STRUM

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Gently play, as a guitar New York Times Mini 28 Sep 2025
Play, as a guitar New York Times Mini 08 Sep 2025
Pull some strings? Universal 17 Aug 2025
Play, as a guitar Commuter 11 Aug 2025
Play a banjo Universal 24 Jul 2025
The little saint shows spirit but can't play too well (5)
What a musician might do instead of picking
Play a ukulele Universal 20 Jun 2025
Casually play a guitar (5)
Play a guitar Universal 14 Jun 2025
Use a plectrum Thomas Joseph 24 May 2025
Casually play some friend's trumpet (5)
Pull some strings on a guitar
Play lightly LA Times Daily 27 Mar 2025
Seat vacated at opening of weird play The Telegraph Toughie 25 Mar 2025
Play a banjo Thomas Joseph 13 Mar 2025
Play a dulcimer USA Today 12 Mar 2025
Stroke, as a guitar
Play a guitar with strokes of the hand (5)
Play a guitar Commuter 10 Feb 2025
Superintends spirit to play unskilfully? (5)
Stroke guitar strings, eg
Strange way to start to play strings (5)
Play, as a mandolin New York Times Mini 03 Dec 2024
Play a guitar ... The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 03 Dec 2024
Play a guitar with a sweeping motion (5)
Play with spirit on the street (5)
Stroke strings
Play a guitar USA Today 13 Nov 2024
Play a guitar, e.g. The Telegraph Plusword 10 Nov 2024
Sweep one's hand or a plectrum across (strings) The Times Concise 06 Nov 2024
Play, as a banjo Thomas Joseph 17 Oct 2024
Idly play a guitar (5)
Pluck guitar strings (5)
Play the guitar idly (5)
Pull some strings? The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 17 Aug 2024
Apt word found in "instrument" Universal 18 Jul 2024
... good man suspect's axe stroke
Sound the strings from the very first rumblings (5)
Play the banjo Eugene Sheffer 24 Jun 2024
Sound the strings of this trumpet section? (5)
Stroke (guitar)
Play a guitar, say The Telegraph Plusword 13 May 2024
Rhythm from the street was strange (5)
Play a mandolin USA Today 20 Apr 2024
Play, as a ukulele New York Times 17 Apr 2024
Play a banjo USA Today 14 Apr 2024
Play, like a guitar
Play for a drink on the street
Play a ukulele USA Today 05 Apr 2024
Play a banjo LA Times Mini 04 Apr 2024
Play some instrument (5)
Play a lute
The little saint shows spirit only to play badly
Play a guitar Premier Sunday 10 Mar 2024
Play guitar in a way that's unusual (5)
Stroke a guitar
Play unskilfully
Play some instruments
Play for a drink on the street (5)
Play the guitar or one's trumpet part
What guitarists do (5)
Guitar-playing action (5)
The saint shows spirit to play so badly
Play a guitar USA Today 22 Dec 2023
Make some dulcimer music Wall Street Journal 21 Dec 2023
Play a guitar piece from instrumental (5)
Play a ukulele USA Today 26 Oct 2023
Play, as a ukulele Universal 02 Sep 2023
Make some balalaika music Wall Street Journal 09 Jun 2023
Sound the strings? The Guardian Quick 19 Apr 2023
Work with a pick and an ax? New York Times 16 Apr 2023
Play the banjo Universal 19 Mar 2023
Use a pick, perhaps New York Times 06 Jan 2023
Play a guitar casually The Times Concise 12 Dec 2022
Play the banjo Eugene Sheffer 25 Oct 2022
Play a guitar lightly Universal 08 Aug 2022
Play idly, as a guitar LA Times Daily 11 Jul 2022
Play the banjo Thomas Joseph 15 Jun 2022
Play, as a banjo Thomas Joseph 12 May 2022
Play, as a guitar
Play the banjo Eugene Sheffer 02 Feb 2022
Neither bow nor pick The Washington Post 10 Oct 2021
Neither bow nor pick LA Times Daily 10 Oct 2021
Make music with one's fingers Family Time 02 Aug 2021
During chorus, trumpeters play strings
Lightly play the guitar
Play the guitar, say
Play, as a banjo Thomas Joseph 24 Feb 2021
Play guitar with your fingers Newsday 08 Dec 2020
Play the banjo Eugene Sheffer 30 Nov 2020
Pull some strings on a guitar
Word hidden in 'instrument' USA Today 27 Jul 2020
Play a ukulele, e.g Premier Sunday 12 Jul 2020
Sweep a thumb across Wall Street Journal 27 Jun 2020
Play the banjo Jonesin 21 Apr 2020
Pull some strings? New York Times 19 Apr 2020
Play mindlessly Universal 07 Mar 2020
Play with strings LA Times Daily 20 Feb 2020
Play with strings The Washington Post 20 Feb 2020
Strike a chord, in a way The Washington Post Sunday 09 Feb 2020
Play guitar The Telegraph Quick 21 Dec 2019
Play the guitar, in a way
Strike a chord, perhaps Wall Street Journal 23 Nov 2019
Play lightly, as a guitar The Washington Post 21 Nov 2019
Play lightly, as a guitar LA Times Daily 21 Nov 2019
Use a pick, perhaps USA Today 20 Nov 2019
Play (a guitar) The Times Concise 27 Sep 2019
Lightly play the guitar
Strike a chord The Guardian Speedy 04 Aug 2019
Play a ukulele Newsday 20 Feb 2019
Play, as a guitar
Play with a plectrum Wall Street Journal 29 Dec 2018
Odd way to lead, as Joe would for The Clash?
Play idly, as a guitar Wall Street Journal 04 Dec 2018
Play the guitar casually
Doodle on the guitar LA Times Daily 20 Aug 2018
Doodle on the guitar The Washington Post 20 Aug 2018
Play chords, perhaps USA Today 10 Aug 2018
Make some dulcimer music Wall Street Journal 18 Apr 2018
Play guitar chords Newsday 09 Apr 2018
Play, as a guitar Newsday 27 Mar 2018
Play guitar Universal 21 Mar 2018
Play a guitar Family Time 19 Mar 2018
Play idly, as a guitar
Doodle on the guitar
Play chords, perhaps
Make some dulcimer music
Play with a plectrum
Play with strings New York Times 20 Oct 2017
Play a guitar Universal 06 Jun 2017
What you would do with a guitar (rhymes with gum)
Play, as a ukulele Newsday 08 Mar 2017
Play guitar chords USA Today 21 Feb 2017
Play, as a guitar New York Times 13 Feb 2017
Play with strings
Play, as a guitar
Play a guitar
Play in street with spirit
Play guitar in odd way? Just the opposite
Play, as a guitar Premier Sunday 20 Nov 2016
Street with strange sort of sound The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Nov 2016
Play some chords, perhaps The Washington Post 03 Nov 2016
Play with your fingers Wall Street Journal 17 Sep 2016
Play a banjo Newsday 13 Sep 2016
Turkey outwardly puts up, say, some pluck
Play the guitar, in a way Universal 09 Mar 2016
Casually play (on a stringed instrument) The Times Concise 18 Jan 2016
This trumpeter shows one way to play an instrument
Play a guitar casually New York Times 16 Nov 2015
Play a banjo USA Today 09 Nov 2015
Play the banjo Thomas Joseph 31 Oct 2015
Play (guitar) casually The Times Concise 14 Aug 2015
Play with sweep of hand The Telegraph Quick 12 May 2015
Outcome of digital interaction with strings
A way to play Canadiana 20 Apr 2015
Choose not to pick? LA Times Daily 16 Apr 2015
Play, as a mandolin USA Today 27 Mar 2015
Play a guitar, in a way USA Today 08 Feb 2015
Play a guitar, in a way
Choose not to pick?
Play a guitar casually
Choose not to pick?
Play lightly, as a guitar
Play, as a mandolin
Play, as a ukulele
Play a banjo
Play, as a banjo
Play the balalaika
Use a plectrum
Play a banjo
Play, as a ukulele
Opt not to pick?
Pull strings?
Show some pluck?
Make a banjo heard
Tickle strings
Doodle on the guitar
Brush strings
Play a banjo
Make like a banjoist
Not be picky with a guitar?
Play a guitar
Play the guitar
Act the troubadour
Fiddle with a lute, say
Use a pick, perhaps
Act the troubadour
Play, as chords
Not be picky with a guitar?
Noodle on a banjo
Play a ukulele
Use a pick
Play lightly, as a guitar
Play guitar chords
Play a uke
Act the harpist
Play, as a zither
Pick alternative
Dabble on the uke
Pick alternative
Alternative to picking, as a guitar
Play, as a mandolin
Play a guitar
Play lightly
Play with a brushing motion
Finger the strings of
Play with a brushing motion
Not pick?
Play the guitar, in a way
Play, as a guitar
Play guitar chords
Not be picky with an instrument?
Run one's fingers over
One way to play a guitar
Play the ukulele
Dabble on a uke
Strike a chord, perhaps
Choose not to pick?
Opt not to pick?
Play a Stratocaster
Play the ukulele, perhaps
Dabble on a uke
Play guitar chords
Play, as a banjo
Play a balalaika
Play guitar chords
Play, as a banjo
Play guitar
Play, as a mandolin
Make music, in a way
Play chords, possibly
Use a pick, say
Play lightly
Play a guitar
Play, as the ukulele
Play lightly
Play a guitar
Play, as a uke
Strike a chord?
Noodle on a banjo
Play the balalaika
Play with your fingers
Use a pick, perhaps
Use a pick
Do some picking
Play a banjo
Play, in a way
Play the balalaika
Hit strings
Tickle, as strings
Play with your fingers
Run one's fingers over
Play the lute
Play guitar
Take your pick?
Sound some strings
Play, in a way
Use a pick
Play the dulcimer
Strike a chord?
Play a guitar lightly
Play guitar
Pull strings?
Play, as a banjo
Work strings
Opt not to pick?
Play lightly, as a uke
Opt not to pick?
Play lightly, as a uke
Play chords
Play the ukulele
Play the mandolin
Play guitar, in a way
Alternative to picking
Play lightly
Play the guitar, in a way
Alternative to picking
Use a pick, maybe
Pull strings?
Play guitar, in a way
Make music, in a way
Sweep the strings
Banjo beat
Play the guitar
Play, in a way
Make music, in a way
Play banjo
Play a guitar
Noodle on a guitar
Play a Stratocaster
Play a banjo
Play a guitar
Sweep the strings
Play a tune
Play the banjo
Play the balalaika
Play a ukulele
Play the harp
Play rhythm guitar
Play a guitar casually
Play as a mandolin
Play guitar
Play, as a ukulele
Play the guitar
Pluck a uke
Tum-tum
Play a mandolin
Play a guitar
Play a banjo
Noodle
Play the banjo
Suction-pipe strainer
Toy with a guitar
Tickle the strings
Fiddle with a guitar
Finger the strings
Fiddle with a uke
Hum's partner
Play idly on
Play a ukulele
Play a musical instrument.
Play as on a uke.
Play a banjo.
Play guitar
Play à la Godfrey.
Play the ukulele.
Play the uke.
Play, as a guitar.
Play a guitar.
Thrum.
Pluck, as strings.
Pluck strings carelessly.
Play a uke.
Play the strings
Pluck idly on the strings.
Play the mandolin.
Play the banjo.
Old name for Salisbury, England.
Sound from a stringed instrument.
Play on a uke.
Use a plectrum.
Make music.
Play like Elvis.
Play a piano unskillfully.
Pluck strings.
Play a stringed instrument.
Strike the guitar.
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