to thrum
- verb
- /θrʌm/
:
zumbido
- The engine began to thrum steadily as we drove down the highway.
Examples
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As the MAIN TITLES BEGIN, the theater thrums with a subsonic HISS which mounts in all the rattling power of THX, and we ...
Fiction book (2000) -
The rail seemed to thrum with energy under his hand.
Fiction book (1993) -
Blind men thrum and hum in the soft air as they inch steadily down the walk.
Fiction book (1992) -
Eugene tried to ignore the thrumming race of his heart.
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Even at midnight, the streets thrum with revving engines and squealing brakes.
Academic text (2011) -
They're now walking between the two rows of sheds, where portable gas generators thrum, and ...
Fiction book (2002) -
You could hear the music thrum through the walls during the concert.
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As the birds took flight, their wings began to thrum against the still morning air.
Synonyms
84
2.5
To make a low, deep, continuous sound
49
1.0
Make a low steady sound like a machine
42
1.1
To make a low steady sound like a bee
18
1.3
To make a continuous rhythmic sound by hitting a surface
16
6.7
To make a soft, steady buzzing sound often from things that move fast like fan blades
Antonyms
Compounds
How Loud
Surface Forms
Etymology
Thrum also copies the low 'hum' or steady vibration you can feel or hear, which makes it natural to use for any object that makes a continuous, low rhythmic sound or vibration.