Meaning & use
strumming
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playing a stringed instrument, especially a guitar, by brushing the fingers or a pick across the strings
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He sat on the porch strumming his guitar as the sun went down.
She's been strumming the same three chords for an hour.
A note on using this word
Distinct from 'picking,' which plays individual strings; strumming sweeps across several strings at once.
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plucking
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