| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| STRUM | Alternative to picking, as a guitar |
| STRUM | Alternative to picking |
| thrum | to sound when thrummed on, as a guitar or similar stringed instrument |
| thrums | to sound when thrummed on, as a guitar or similar stringed instrument |
| thrum | to play on a stringed instrument, as a guitar, by plucking the strings, esp. in an idle, monotonous, or unskillful manner; strum |
| thrums | to play on a stringed instrument, as a guitar, by plucking the strings, esp. in an idle, monotonous, or unskillful manner; strum |
| retronym | term, as acoustic guitar, coined in modification of the original referent that was used alone, as guitar, to distinguish it from a later contrastive development, as electric guitar |
