thrum

/ฮธษนสŒm/
noun
  1. 1

    A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.

  2. 2

    A spicy taste; a tang.

verb
  1. 1

    To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.

    โ€œShe watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.โ€

  2. 2

    To make a monotonous drumming noise.

    โ€œto thrum on a tableโ€

noun
  1. 1

    The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.

  2. 2

    (chiefly in plural) A fringe made of such threads.

  3. 3

    Any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.

  4. 4

    A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.

  5. 5

    A tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.

  6. 6

    A bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.

  7. 7

    (chiefly in plural) Small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.

  8. 8

    A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.

  9. 9

    A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.

verb
  1. 1

    To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.

  2. 2

    To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.

    โ€œto thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surfaceโ€

adjective
  1. 1

    Made of or woven from thrum.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thrum