from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- intransitive v. To emit a continuous low droning sound like that of the speech sound (m) when prolonged.
- intransitive v. To emit the continuous droning sound of a bee on the wing; buzz.
- intransitive v. To give forth a low continuous drone blended of many sounds: The avenue hummed with traffic.
- intransitive v. To be in a state of busy activity.
- intransitive v. To produce a tune without opening the lips or forming words.
- transitive v. To sing (a tune) without opening the lips or forming words.
- transitive v. Baseball To throw or pitch (a ball) very fast.
- n. The sound produced by humming.
- n. The act of humming.
- interj. Used to indicate hesitation, surprise, or displeasure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
- n. An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
- n. Busy activity, like a beehive's buzz
- n. unpleasant odour.
- v. To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
- v. To express of affect by humming
- v. To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly
- v. To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
- v. To produce low sounds which blend continuously
- v. To reek, smell bad.
- v. To deceive, or impose on one by some story or device.
- interj. hmm; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- intransitive v. To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz.
- intransitive v. 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.
- intransitive v. To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem.
- intransitive v. To express satisfaction by a humming noise.
- intransitive v. To have the sensation of a humming noise.
- transitive v. To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble.
- transitive v. To express satisfaction with by humming.
- transitive v. To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.
- n. A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz.
- n. Any inarticulate and buzzing sound.
- n. The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance.
- n. A buzz or murmur, as of approbation.
- n. An imposition or hoax.
- n. An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc.
- n. A kind of strong drink formerly used.
- interj. Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To make a prolonged droning sound, as a bee in flight; drone; murmur; buzz.
- To give utterance to a similar sound, such as the droning of a tune, a contemptuous or vacant mumbling, a murmuring expression of applause or satisfaction, hesitation, dissent, etc.
- Same as hem.
- To sing with shut mouth, as to the sound m; murmur without articulation; mumble: as, to hum an air.
- To express approbation of, or applaud, by humming.
- n. Any inarticulate, low, murmuring, or buzzing sound, as that made by bees in flight, by a spinning top, etc.; a faint continuous sound having no definite pitch; a buzz.
- n. Specifically— A low confused noise, as of a crowd, or of distant voices or sounds of any kind.
- n. A buzz or murmur of applause or approbation.
- n. A sound uttered with closed mouth by a speaker in a pause from embarrassment, affectation, or the like: as, hums and haws. Also (and now more commonly) hem.
- n. A drink formerly common, probably made of strong ale or of ale and spirit. Its exact composition is not known.
- An interjectional, hesitating sound, uttered with or during a pause; hem; h'm.
- To trick or delude; impose on; cajole.
- n. An imposition or hoax; a humbug.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. 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
- v. sound with a monotonous hum
- n. a humming noise
- n. the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity
- v. be noisy with activity
- v. sing with closed lips
- v. make a low continuous sound
-- There, d'ye hire, _Het Came_! she dwon't drean -- _hum, hum, hum_.
He points out the parallel between the three formulae: _Om vagîśvari mum: Om maṇipadme hum: Om vajrapâṇi hum_.
April didnt told us what they TALKED .. * hum hum** wink*: P
Now sing the word hum on one note and hold the m sound as you continue to exhale.
Today, a hum is all about tiger woods as well as his rumored event with Rachel Uchitel.
He is never what we call hum-drum; never unwilling to begin to talk, nor in haste to leave off. '
My guess is you can hear the hum from a mile away.
The room was completely silent, only the hum from the soft ice machine could be heard.
The 60-cycle hum is plausible, but not from a wire.
The machine lights up, the needles on the dials flicker, a steady hum is heard and