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strum

[struhm] / strʌm /
VERB
tweak
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It’s also true that Don is rock’s first great rhythm guitarist, his strident acoustic strum powering ”Wake Up Little Susie” and others.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025

At the 1969 Montreal recording of “Give Peace a Chance,” only two acoustic guitars strum along.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2023

Worries escalated as this new cohort of generative AI tools threatened the livelihoods of people who write, draw, strum or code for a living.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023

They strum and sing together in her kitchen and in the park, and she offers frank notes on his songs, the shared experience of making music allowing them to somehow traverse oceans and continents.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2023

They beat the drums and strum the mandolins while their feet tap the ground.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung




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