Plays a stringed instrument like a guitar by moving your fingers across the strings in a rhythmic way.
Probably from a combination of 'string' and onomatopoeia; originated as imitative of the sound strings make, evolved into a specific musical technique.
Strumming is one of the rare verbs where the word actually sounds like what it describes—'strum' mimics the soft rhythmic sound of fingers on guitar strings.
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