Definitions for HUM
hʌmhum

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. busyness, humnoun

   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"

2. Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, HUM, Harkat ul-Ansar, HUA, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, Al Faran, Movement of Holy Warriorsnoun

   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

3. hum, hummingverb

   a humming noise

   "the hum of distant traffic"

4. humverb

   sing with closed lips

   "She hummed a melody"

5. hum, buzz, seetheverb

   be noisy with activity

   "This office is buzzing with activity"

6. hum, thrumverb

   sound with a monotonous hum

7. humverb

   make a low continuous sound

   "The refrigerator is humming"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. humnoun

   A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.

2. humnoun

   An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.

   They could hear a hum coming from the kitchen, and found the washing machine on.

3. humnoun

   Busy activity, like a beehive's buzz

4. humnoun

   unpleasant odour.

5. humverb

   To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.

   We are humming happily along with the music.

6. humverb

   To express of affect by humming

   The hazers ominously hummed "We shall overcome" while they paddled the unruly pledges

7. humverb

   To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly

8. humverb

   To buzz, be busily active like a beehive

   'The streets were humming with activity.

9. humverb

   To produce a low sounds which blend continuously

10. humverb

    To reek, smell bad.

    This room really hums uE000135827uE001 have you ever tried spring cleaning, mate?

11. humverb

    To deceive, or impose on one by some story or device.

12. Etymology: From hommen "make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment," later (medieval English) hummen "to buzz, drone" (c.1420); akin to (medieval and modern) Dutch hommel 'humblebee', medieval German hummen 'to hum', probably ultimately of imitative origin

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Huminterject.

   A sound implying doubt and deliberation.

   Let not your ears despise the heaviest sound
   That ever yet they heard.
   —— Hum! I guess at it. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   See sir Robert —— hum!
   And never laugh for all my life to come. Alexander Pope.

2. Humnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. The noise of bees or insects.

   To black Hecat’s summons
   The shard-born beetle, with his drowsy hums,
   Hath rung night’s yawning peal. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   Nor undelightful is the ceaseless hum,
   To him who muses through the woods at noon. James Thomson.

   2. The noise of bustling crowds.

   From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night,
   The hum of either army stilly sounds. William Shakespeare, Hen. V.

   Tower’d cities please us then,
   And the busy hum of men. John Milton.

   One theatre there is of vast resort,
   Which whilome of requests was call’d the court;
   But now the great exchange of news ’tis hight,
   And full of hum and buz from noon ’till night. Dryden.

   3. Any low dull noise.

   Who sat the nearest, by the words o’ercome,
   Slept fast; the distant nodded to the hum. Alexander Pope, Dunciad.

   4. A pause with an inarticulate sound.

   These shrugs, these hums and haws,
   When you have said she’s goodly, come between,
   ’Ere you can say she’s honest. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   Your excuses want some grains to make ’em current: hum and ha will not do the business. John Dryden, Spanish Fryar.

   5. In Hudibras it seems used for ham.

   And though his countrymen the Huns,
   Did stew their meat between their hums
   And the horses backs o’er which they straddle,
   And ev’ry man eat up his saddle. Hudibras, p. i. cant. 11.

   6. An expression of applause.

   You hear a hum in the right place. Spectator.

3. To Humverb

   Etymology: hommelen, Dutch.

   1. To make the noise of bees.

   The humming of bees is an unequal buzzing. Francis Bacon.

   An airy nation flew,
   Thick as the humming bees that hunt the golden dew
   In Summer’s heat. John Dryden, Æn. b. vi.

   So weary bees in little cells repose;
   But if night-robbers lift the well-stor’d hive,
   An humming through their waxen city grows. Dryden.

   2. To make an inarticulate and buzzing sound.

   I think he’ll hear me: yet to bite his lip,
   And hum at good Cominius, much unhearts me. William Shakespeare.

   Upon my honour, sir, I heard a humming,
   And that a strange one too, which did awake me. William Shakespeare.

   The cloudy messenger turns me his back,
   And hums; as who should say, you’ll rue. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   3. To pause in speaking, and supply the interval with an audible emission of breath.

   Having pump’d up all his wit,
   And humm’d upon it, thus he writ. Hudibras, p. iii.

   I still acquiest,
   And never humm’d and haw’d sedition,
   Nor snuffled treason. Hudibras, p. iii. cant. 2.

   The man lay humming and hawing a good while; but, in the end, he gave up himself to the physicians. Roger L'Estrange.

   Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep,
   And lash’d so long, like tops, are lash’d asleep. Alexander Pope.

   4. To sing low.

   The musical accents of the Indians, to us, are but inarticulate hummings; as are ours to their otherwise tuned organs. Joseph Glanvill, Apol.

   Hum half a tune. Alexander Pope.

   5. To applaud. Approbation was commonly expressed in publick assemblies by a hum, about a century ago.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hum

   Hum can refer to several different concepts depending on the context. Here are a few general definitions for the term: 1. Sound: Hum can refer to a low-frequency continuous sound, often produced by a mechanical or electrical device. For example, the hum of a refrigerator or the hum of an air conditioning unit. 2. Vibration: Hum can also refer to a low-pitched continuous vibration or resonance, such as the hum of a guitar string or the hum of an engine. 3. Musical term: In music, "hum" can refer to the act of producing a tune by vocalizing it with closed lips or making a continuous, low-pitched vocal sound. 4. Insect sound: Hum can describe the buzzing sound produced by insects such as bees or flies. 5. Verb: To "hum" can also be used as a verb to describe the action of making a low continuous sound with the mouth or vocal cords, often associated with singing or murmuring. These definitions are general and the specific meaning of "hum" can vary depending on the context in which it is used.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Humverb

   to make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums

2. Humverb

   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. Humverb

   to make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem

4. Humverb

   to express satisfaction by a humming noise

5. Humverb

   to have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, -- a pathological condition

6. Humverb

   to sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune

7. Humverb

   to express satisfaction with by humming

8. Humverb

   to flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug

9. Humnoun

   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. Humnoun

    any inarticulate and buzzing sound

11. Humnoun

    the confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry

12. Humnoun

    a buzz or murmur, as of approbation

13. Humnoun

    an imposition or hoax

14. Hum

    an inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc

15. Hum

    a kind of strong drink formerly used

16. Hum

    ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation

17. Etymology: [Of imitative origin; cf. G. hummen, D. hommelen. 15.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hum

   A hum is a sound made by humming a wordless tone with the mouth opened or closed, forcing the sound to emerge from the nose. To hum is to produce such a sound, often with a melody. A hum has a particular timbre, usually a monotone or with slightly varying tones. There are other similar sounds not produced by human singing that are also called hums, such as a sound produced by machinery in operation or by an insect in flight. The hummingbird was named for the sound that bird makes in flight.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hum

   hum, v.i. to make a buzzing sound like bees: to utter a low, droning sound: to supply an interval in speaking by an audible sound.—v.t. to sing in a low tone: to applaud anything by humming:—pr.p. hum′ming; pa.p. hummed.—n. the noise of bees and some other insects: any low, dull noise.—interj. a sound with a pause implying doubt.—n. Hum′mer, something that hums.—Hum and haw, to hesitate in giving a direct answer; Humming ale, ale that froths up well, or that makes the head hum; Make things hum, to set things agoing briskly. [Imit.; cf. Ger. hummen, humsen.]

2. Hum

   hum, v.t. to impose on.—n. an imposition. [Contr. of humbug.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HUM

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hum is ranked #24352 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Hum surname appeared 1,029 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hum.
   
   59.6% or 614 total occurrences were Asian.
   31.3% or 323 total occurrences were White.
   3.5% or 36 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   3.3% or 34 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Anagrams for HUM »

1. MUH

How to pronounce HUM?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of HUM in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of HUM in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of HUM in a Sentence

1. Lilambar Lalit:

   Hum Woh Engineer Nahi...

2. Olivia Wilde:

   It is constant, I find that quite energizing, the relentless asking and answering of questions, leaves you buzzing. And then of course, you face plan when you get home. But it’s a different kind of exhaustion...That’s one of the reasons that I really prefer directing, because I think that the constant hum of intensity and energy lights me up.

3. Jason Ehrlich:

   ' You know, they are starting to send these rockets up with people into space. Wouldn't it be something if Captain Kirk went up there,' jason Ehrlich, for God sakes, nobody cares about -- hum going up in - it was 55 years ago -- my God man -- um, hum, uh -- well maybe I should go up into space.

4. Janet Bednarek:

   It was a relatively new design, it’s a roomy four-seater airplane and it was known for being reliable and fairly easy to fly – something you do n’t have to pay attention to every moment. And when you’re doing long duration, you want an airplane that’s just going to kind of hum along there.

5. Christina Koch:

   Oh, how I miss the wind on my face, the feeling of raindrops, sand on my feet and the sound of the surf crashing on the Galveston beach, we take daily sensory inputs for granted until they are absent. The environmental inputs on the space station consist mostly of the constant hum of the ventilation system. It stirs the air, allowing the purification system to scrub and clean our atmosphere so it's breathable. While some places on the space station are as loud as a lawn mower, others are as quiet as the vacuum of space. I can not wait to feel and hear Earth again.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=HUM
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hum
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=HUM
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/HUM
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=HUM
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=HUM
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html