thrum
2
7.2
- noun
- /θrʌm/
:
zumbido
- Picard could feel the thrum of the engines through the deck.
- a steady thrum
- a deep thrum
- a low thrum
Examples
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Noah and I stretched our limbs on teepee-shaded dirt, feeling the shake and thrum of the earth in our stomachs, the pulse of blood in our ears.
Fiction book (1996) -
"Okay, feet parallel now," Michelle yelled over the thrum of the music.
Fiction book (1995) -
The loud thrum of a bush plane.
Fiction book (2002) -
We are moving in on the enormous clock, whose mechanical thrum becomes very loud indeed.
Fiction book (1994) -
The only sound was the steady thrum of the air conditioner.
Fiction book (2000) -
That is the steady thrum of a marine propulsion engine, meaning...
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Drowsing, she listened to the faint thrum and twitter of the air conditioner.
Fiction book (1994) -
Only after I knew they were there did I notice the thrum of the bats chittering and scratching overhead, in what must have been closely packed gables.
Academic text (2007) -
My ears fill up with cricket trills, the whir of frogs, the hiss of cicadas, the heavy thrum of night, which rumbles just beneath hearing.
Fiction book (1997) -
In the distance, he could hear the thrum of traffic on Interstate 90.
Synonyms
85
1.0
A low steady sound made by machines or many people
64
1.0
A low steady sound like bees or a machine
5
2.7
A low steady sound like bees or a machine running
A low steady buzzing sound made by insects or machines
A low, steady sound you feel from bass speakers
A low steady humming sound heard in the background
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Etymology
Thrum is an imitation of a low, steady sound like 'thrr' or 'hum', which gives a strong image of a soft vibration. That's why thrum means a continuous, rhythmic humming or vibrating sound.