Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of, furnished with, or resembling thrums; rough; shaggy: as, a thrummy cap.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Like thrums; made of, furnished with, or characterized by, thrums.
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- adjective Like
thrums ; made of, furnished with, or characterized by, thrums.
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Examples
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The petala are very tender, 5 in number, scarce so large as the calix: in the middle stands a columella thick set with thrummy apiculae, which argue this plant to belong to the Malvaceous kind.
A Voyage to New Holland William Dampier 1683
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The best part of that activity is that after you're finished with it, you can take drive your mud-plastered 4X4 out the highway and open 'er up, listen the thrummy hum of your monster tires on the asphalt and the light whistle of the wind as it hardens the oozing mud all over your truck's body to a brittle shell.
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The best part of that activity is that after you're finished with it, you can take drive your mud-plastered 4X4 out the highway and open 'er up, listen the thrummy hum of your monster tires on the asphalt and the light whistle of the wind as it hardens the oozing mud all over your truck's body to a brittle shell.
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The best part of that activity is that after you're finished with it, you can take drive your mud-plastered 4X4 out the highway and open 'er up, listen the thrummy hum of your monster tires on the asphalt and the light whistle of the wind as it hardens the oozing mud all over your truck's body to a brittle shell.
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The best part of that activity is that after you're finished with it, you can take drive your mud-plastered 4X4 out the highway and open 'er up, listen the thrummy hum of your monster tires on the asphalt and the light whistle of the wind as it hardens the oozing mud all over your truck's body to a brittle shell.
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The best part of that activity is that after you're finished with it, you can take drive your mud-plastered 4X4 out the highway and open 'er up, listen the thrummy hum of your monster tires on the asphalt and the light whistle of the wind as it hardens the oozing mud all over your truck's body to a brittle shell.
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The best part of that activity is that after you're finished with it, you can take drive your mud-plastered 4X4 out the highway and open 'er up, listen the thrummy hum of your monster tires on the asphalt and the light whistle of the wind as it hardens the oozing mud all over your truck's body to a brittle shell.
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The best part of that activity is that after you're finished with it, you can take drive your mud-plastered 4X4 out the highway and open 'er up, listen the thrummy hum of your monster tires on the asphalt and the light whistle of the wind as it hardens the oozing mud all over your truck's body to a brittle shell.
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The best part of that activity is that after you're finished with it, you can take drive your mud-plastered 4X4 out the highway and open 'er up, listen the thrummy hum of your monster tires on the asphalt and the light whistle of the wind as it hardens the oozing mud all over your truck's body to a brittle shell.
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Push the Elantra beyond a canter, though, and the engine's creamy smoothness gives way to a hollow drone, accompanied by some thrummy vibes at wide-open throttle.
hernesheir commented on the word thrummy
(adj): bearing fringes or tassels; shaggy, rough: as a thrummy coat.
January 16, 2009