Beats and Thrum

Beats

Beats noun - A United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop).

Thrum is a synonym for beats. In some cases you can use "Thrum" instead a verb "Beats".

Thrum

Thrum verb - Sound the strings of (a string instrument).

Beats is a synonym for thrum. Sometimes you can replace term "Beats" with "Thrum", this verbs are similar.
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