Stroke, as a guitar (5)

I believe the answer is:

strum

(Other definitions for strum that I've seen before include "Plays guitar" , "Play with sweeps of fingers" , "Play strings with sweep of hand" , "Pluck the strings idly" , "Play badly on a guitar" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press.

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