Definition of "hum"
- noun
A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
Busy activity, like a beehive's buzz.
Unpleasant odour.
- verb
To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
To express of affect by humming.
To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly.
To buzz, be busily active like a beehive.
To produce low sounds which blend continuously.
To reek, smell bad.
To deceive, or impose on one by some story or device.
- interjection
Hmm; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.
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