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HUM
hum, humming
(noun) a humming noise; “the hum of distant traffic”
HUM, Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, Harkat ul-Ansar, HUA, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, Al Faran, Movement of Holy Warriors
(noun) an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir’s accession by Pakistan
busyness, hum
(noun) the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity; “they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers”; “there is a constant hum of military preparation”
hum
(verb) sing with closed lips; “She hummed a melody”
hum
(verb) make a low continuous sound; “The refrigerator is humming”
hum, thrum
(verb) sound with a monotonous hum
hum, buzz, seethe
(verb) be noisy with activity; “This office is buzzing with activity”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hum (plural hums)
A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
(UK, slang) unpleasant odour.
(dated) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
(obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
Verb
hum (third-person singular simple present hums, present participle humming, simple past and past participle hummed)
(intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
(transitive) To express by humming.
(intransitive) To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly
(intransitive) To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
(intransitive) To produce low sounds which blend continuously
(British, slang) To reek, smell bad.
(transitive, UK, dated, slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.
Synonyms
• bumble
• bustle
• hustle
• buzz
• croon
• whir
Interjection
hum
synonym of hmm: a noise indicating thought, consideration
synonym of um: a noise indicating doubt, uncertainty
Anagrams
• HMU, MUH, muh, uhm
Proper noun
Hum
A town in the central part of Istria, northwest Croatia, 7Â km from RoÄŤ.
Anagrams
• HMU, MUH, muh, uhm
Source: Wiktionary
Hum, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hummed; p. pr. & vb. n. Humming.] Etym: [Of imitative origin; cf. G. hummen, D. hommelen. sq. root15.]
1. To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums. P. Fletcher. Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep. Pope.
2. To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone. The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums. Shak.
3. Etym: [Cf. Hum, interj.]
Definition: To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem.
4. To express satisfaction by a humming noise. Here the spectators hummed. Trial of the Regicides.
Note: Formerly the habit of audiences was to express gratification by humming and displeasure by hissing.
5. To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, -- a pathological condition.
Hum, v. t.
1. To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune.
2. To express satisfaction with by humming.
3. To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug. [Colloq. & Low]
Hum, n.
1. A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz. The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums. Shak.
2. Any inarticulate and buzzing sound; as: (a) The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry. But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men. Byron.
(b) A buzz or murmur, as of approbation. Macaulay.
3. An imposition or hoax.
4. Etym: [Cf. Hem, interj.]
Definition: An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc. THese shrugs, these hums and ha's. Shak.
5. Etym: [Perh. so called because strongly intoxicating.]
Definition: A kind of strong drink formerly used. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. Venous hum. See under Venous.
Hum, interj. Etym: [Cf. Hem, interj.]
Definition: Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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