Dictionary entry

Strum

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Strum (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Strummed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Strumming.] [Probably of imitative origin. Cf. Thrum.] To play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano.