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thrum

(v): sound with a monotonous hum

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(v): make a certain noise or sound

(v): sound the strings of (a string instrument)

(v): cause to sound

(v): make a rhythmic sound

(v): make a certain noise or sound

(n): a thrumming sound

(n): the sudden occurrence of an audible event

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9 months ago rolig said:

"The post-road itself is now swept into a chasmal by-pass, crossed by high footbridges that lead to new, remote parts of the town. I'd been there at night sometimes with people I'd picked up. The cars thrumming past added a certain desperate glamour to my vertigo."
– Alan Hollinghurst, The Folding Star

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