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Definition of 'hum'Noun
( en-noun)
A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
- They could hear a hum coming from the kitchen, and found the dishwasher on.
* Shakespeare
- the shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums
Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
(UK|slang) unpleasant odour.
(dated) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
(obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
Verb
( humm)
To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
- We are humming happily along with the music.
To express by humming.
- to hum a tune
- ''The hazers ominously hummed "We shall overcome" while they paddled the unruly pledges
To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly
* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 2
- A slight gloom fell upon the table. Jacob was helping himself to jam; the postman was talking to Rebecca in the kitchen; there was a bee humming at the yellow flower which nodded at the open window.
To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
- 'The streets were humming with activity.''
To produce low sounds which blend continuously
(British) To reek, smell bad.
- This room really hums — have you ever tried spring cleaning, mate?
(British) To deceive, or impose on one by some story or device.
(transitive|dated|slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.
Derived terms
* hummer
* hummingbird
* humming-top
Related terms
* humblebee
Synonyms
* bumble
* bustle
* hustle
* buzz
* croon
* whir
Anagrams
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Interjection
( en-interj)
hmm; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.
- (Alexander Pope)
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Similar to 'hum'him, hem, ham, hm, haem, hmm, hyem, hmmm, hym, heam, hoom, haum, hawm
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