thrumming

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of thrum

noun

  1. The sound or action of something that thrums.
    The harp itself was a huge gourd, and a most unmusical "shell" it proved to be. It had three strings, the thrummings of which disquieted me on two accounts[…] 1870, The African Repository and Colonial Journal, volume 46, page 231

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