Hypertext Webster Gateway: "strumming"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Strum \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.
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