bot vs thrum

bot

verb
  • To bugger. 

  • To ask for and be given something with the direct intention of exploiting the thing’s usefulness, almost exclusively with cigarettes. 

  • To use a bot, or automated program. 

noun
  • The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses. 

  • A physical robot. 

  • A piece of software designed to perform a minor but repetitive task automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account. 

  • A computer-controlled character in a video game, especially a multiplayer one. 

  • A supremely unskilled player. 

thrum

verb
  • To make a monotonous drumming noise. 

  • To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking. 

  • To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in. 

  • To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe. 

noun
  • Small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops. 

  • Any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel. 

  • A fringe made of such threads. 

  • The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut. 

  • A spicy taste; a tang. 

  • A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen. 

  • A tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root. 

  • A bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus. 

  • A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn. 

  • A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration. 

  • A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam. 

adj
  • Made of or woven from thrum. 

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