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hum¹
- /ˈhʌm/
Rhymes with -ʌm
Where it comes from
From Middle English hummen (“to hum, buzz, drone, make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment”); akin to Dutch hommelen (“to bumble, buzz”), dialectal Dutch hommen (“to buzz, hum”), Middle High German hummen (“to hum”), probably ultimately of imitative origin.
noun hums
- 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.
- Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
- Unpleasant odour.
- An imposition or hoax; humbug.
- A kind of strong drink. you do provide me hum enough , And lour to bouse with
- 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. There is a range of theories from farm or factory machinery to conspiracy theories such as flying saucers. And yet, "the hum" remains an unsolved case.
verb hums · humming · hummed
- To make a sound from the vocal cords 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
- To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly. The leaves of the foreſt were loaded with manna, pure amber dropped from every bough, honey diſtilled from the rifted rock, and the humming bee, drunk with joy, ſtrayed from flower to flower, forgetful of his burſting cells.
- To buzz, be busily active like a beehive. The streets were humming with activity.
- To produce low sounds which blend continuously.
- To reek, smell bad. This room really hums — have you ever tried spring cleaning, mate?
- To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.
interjection
- Synonym of hmm: a noise indicating thought, consideration, &c. Hum! hum! What's all this?
- Synonym of um: a noise indicating doubt, uncertainty, &c. Ah, now this is why we must proceed with great circumspection. They were both, hum, “put out” themselves.
hum²
- /hʌm/ Singapore
- [häm(˦)] Singapore
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hokkien 蚶 (ham).
noun
- Synonym of see hum (“blood cockles, ark clams”).
Hum³
Where it comes from
From German Cholm, from Italian Colmo.
proper noun
- A town in the central part of Istria, northwest Croatia, 7 km from Roč.
HUM⁴
noun HUMs
- Initialism of highly unusual method: any of a class of contract bridge bidding systems that require advance preparation to contend with, and are usually restricted to the highest levels of tournament play.highly unusual method
