Tango with Henry, funny play (5)
I believe the answer is:
thrum
'play' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'tango with henry funny' is the wordplay.
'tango' becomes 't' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'henry' becomes 'h' (synonyms).
'funny' becomes 'rum' (synonyms).
't'+'h'+'rum'='THRUM'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for thrum that I've seen before include "Drum incessantly" , "Drum with fingers - bits of coarse yarn" , "Perform monotonously" , "Rhythmic buzzing sound - fringe left after weaving" , "Monotonous (or rhythmic) sound" .)