EGAVE

hum

About 4.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Hungana.
  2. noun A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
  3. noun An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
    They could hear a hum coming from the kitchen and found the dishwasher on.
  4. noun Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
  5. noun Unpleasant odour.
  6. noun An imposition or hoax; humbug.
  7. noun A kind of strong drink.
  8. noun 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.

Similar words

buzz thrum seethe hmm beep noise umm snoring dinger interference

Often followed by

of genet and reprod pathol in mol a the

Word family

hummable hummed humming hums

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