Crossword-Solution: THRUM 5 letters, 63 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

Dictionary

Word	Word Type	Definition
Thrum	n.	One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.
Thrum	n.	Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.
Thrum	n.	A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
Thrum	n.	A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
Thrum	n.	A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
Thrum	v. t.	To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
Thrum	v. t.	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.
Thrum	v. i.	To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.
Thrum	v. i.	Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table.
Thrum	v. t.	To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner.
Thrum	v. t.	Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table.

Anagrams

Word		Anagrams
THRUM	anagram	THURM

We have 63 clues for the answer “THRUM”

Clue	Answers
Pluck idly	1 answer
Make a rhythmic hum	1 answer
Make a rhythmic humming sound	1 answer
Make casual notes	1 answer
Monotonous drone	1 answer
Play a guitar idly	1 answer
Play around a campfire, say	1 answer
Play banjo idly	1 answer
Play idly, as guitars	1 answer
Play lazily, as a guitar	1 answer
Play monotonously, as a guitar	1 answer
Play the guitar, say	1 answer
Play without skill	1 answer
Play, but not too seriously	1 answer
Pluck at a guitar.	1 answer
Pluck guitar strings idly	1 answer
Loom waste	1 answer
Pluck idly, as a guitar	1 answer
Pluck idly, as a harp	1 answer
Pluck, as a harp	1 answer
Recite in a monotone	1 answer
Rhythmic humming sound	1 answer
Short end thread	1 answer
Short piece of waste thread	1 answer
Steady engine sound	1 answer
Strong steady hum.	1 answer
Tap idly as one.s fingers	1 answer
Tap idly with one's fingers	1 answer
Tap idly with the fingers	1 answer
Tap monotonously.	1 answer
Tell in a monotonous way	1 answer
Hum monotonously	1 answer
Boat engine sound	1 answer
Boat engine's whir	1 answer
Continuous humming sound	1 answer
Drum with fingers	1 answer
Dull tapping sound	1 answer
Engine's hum	1 answer
Finger-tap on a tabletop	1 answer
Finger-tapping sound	1 answer
Fringe of warp threads	1 answer
Guitar or engine sound	1 answer
Harp sound	1 answer
Play idly, as a guitar	2 answers
Strum.	2 answers
Vibration sound	2 answers
Play a guitar, in a way	2 answers
Play a stringed instrument.	2 answers
Play rhythm guitar	2 answers
Play the guitar	2 answers

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Hint 1 meaning

One who, or that which, eats.

Hint 2 anagram

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Hint 3 another clue

greedy person

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Sentences with THRUM (5)

When the moon comes over the mountain wall new-washed from the sea, and the shadows lie like lace on the stamped floors of the patios, from recess to recess of the vine tangle runs the thrum of guitars and the voice of singing.

The Land of Little Rain Mary Austin 2008

VII AN ETUDE FOR EMMA If you listen long enough, and earnestly enough, and with ear sufficiently attuned to the music of this sphere there will come to you this reward: The violins and oboes and 'cellos and brasses of humanity which seemed all at variance with each other will unite as one instrument; seeming discords and dissonances will blend into harmony, and the wail and blare and thrum of humanity's orchestra will sound in your ear the sublime melody of that great symphony called Life.

Emma McChesney & Co. Edna Ferber 1996

And to complete it all his horse stumbled upon several large broods of half-grown quail, and the air was filled with the thrum of their flight.

Burning Daylight Jack London 1996

But when a poet gets into the habit of using his heartstrings to make chords for his lyre, he may thrum upon them as much as he will, without any great pain to himself.

Tanglewood Tales Nathaniel Hawthorne 1997

Joan and Sheldon heard the twanging thrum and saw Koogoo throw out his arms, at the same time dropping his rifle, stumble forward, and sink down on his hands and knees.

Adventure Jack London 2005

Quotes with THRUM (3)

I love words. I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail. I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum. I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over. In essence, I long for a writer's soul sealed in ink on the page.

Richelle E. Goodrich

In the books I find the thrum of everything unsayable. The characters weep the way I want to, love the way I want to, cry, die, beat their breasts, and bray with life.

Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir

Like everyone, I want my soul to thrum. I run my long nails over the keys like I'm scratching the back of a lover.

Carlos Hernandez The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria

Where this answer appears

Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 45 times in crossword archives (1942–2025).