hum

hum is a 3-letter English word with 23 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, interjection, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 23 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums.
2. intransitive verb. 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.
3. intransitive verb. To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem.
4. intransitive verb. To express satisfaction by a humming noise.
5. intransitive verb. To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, -- a pathological condition.
6. transitive verb. To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune.
7. transitive verb. To express satisfaction with by humming.
8. transitive verb. To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.
9. noun. A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz.
10. noun. Any inarticulate and buzzing sound
11. noun. The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry.
12. noun. A buzz or murmur, as of approbation.
13. noun. An imposition or hoax.
14. interjection. An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc.
15. interjection. A kind of strong drink formerly used.
16. interjection. Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.
17. noun. a humming noise

    "the hum of distant traffic"

    Synonyms: humming

18. 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

    Synonyms: hua

19. 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"

    Synonyms: busyness

20. verb. sing with closed lips

    "She hummed a melody"

21. verb. make a low continuous sound

    "The refrigerator is humming"

22. verb. sound with a monotonous hum

    Synonyms: thrum

23. verb. be noisy with activity

    "This office is buzzing with activity"

    Synonyms: buzz, seethe

Synonyms

humming, hua, busyness, thrum, buzz, seethe

Common word forms

hums, hummed, hummer, humous, humming

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