hum

IPA: hˈʌm

A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
(UK, slang) Unpleasant odour.
(dated) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
(obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
(with article) 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.
A town in the central part of Istria, northwest Croatia, 7 km from Roč.
(bridge) Initialism of highly unusual method: any of a class of contract bridge bidding systems that require advance preparation to contend with, and are usually restricted to the highest levels of tournament play.

(intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
(transitive) To express by humming.
(intransitive) To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly
(intransitive) To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
(intransitive) To produce low sounds which blend continuously
(Britain, slang) To reek, smell bad.
(transitive, UK, dated, slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.

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